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. Dirk, after 1856, which belonged to Vice-Admiral Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss (1866-1938). The hilt of the dirk has inversed quillons with acorn ends. In the centre of the quillions on the obverse side there is an oval plaque decorated with a crown
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. Inboard profile plan
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. Lower deck plan
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. Scabbard for dirk, after 1856, which belonged to Vice-Admiral Edward William Elphinstone Wemyss (1866-1938). The black leather scabbard has a gilt top locket with a ring each side and a gilt chape. The throat of the scabbard is slotted on the reverse si
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. section, midship
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. Silk picture of the barque 'Halton Castle' 1862, the sails in relief.
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. Upper deck plan
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1. At Bocking 1881. Print
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1. Barque-rigged ironclad (H.M.S. Alexandra at sea). 2. H.M's Gunboat Decoy at sea. 3. HMS Alexandra in a breeze. 4. H.M's Despatch-vessel Helicon at sea. 5. Ship rigged ironclad (HMS Achilles in port). Signed by artist.
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3. On Southwold Beach. Print
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4. Southwold Fishing Boat. Print
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Carte Telegraphique de la Turquie d'Asie 1881. Single sheet. Lith. Medium: Linen backed. Scale: [ca.1:3 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Scale in Turkish hours. Additional Places: Turkey. Contents Note: Shows telegraph cables and stations. I
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Inchrhona Inch Line. Hamilton, Fraser & Co. Liverpool. Signed by artist and dated in plate.
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Key attached to a ribbon. Key attached to a ribbon for the gold pocket watch
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Les Deux Amis (The Two Friends). Travel and parting are often the subjects of Tissot’s pictures during his last years in London. He became preoccupied with images of leave taking and with themes of travel and escape. Here the flux and change of trav
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Medal commemorating the Lima campaign, 1881. Medal commemorating the Lima campaign, 1881. Obverse: A Maltese cross with five arms, laurel leaves between them; a five-pointed star (centre) surrounded by a band of blue enamel, inscribed: 'CAMPAÑ
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Medal commemorating the Lima campaign, 1881. Medal commemorating the Lima campaign, 1881. Obverse: A Maltese cross with five arms, laurel leaves between them; a five-pointed star (centre) surrounded by a band of blue enamel, inscribed: 'CAMPAÑ
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Monarch (1881); Service vessel; Cable repair ship. Scale: 1:72. A contemporary full hull model of the cable repair ship ‘Monarch’ (1881) mounted in a scenic dry dock baseboard. It is fully rigged and complete with a variety of equipment needed
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Pewter Trophy won at Deptford Regatta 1881. Pewter trophy won at the Deptford Regatta in 1881. Two-handled pub tankard or loving cup. Straight sides with a pair of scroll handles, on a raised foot. The front is crudely engraved in a cartouche: '1881
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Prize medal: National Fisheries Exhibition. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem and veil. Legend: "VICTORIA REGINA". On tablet: "1881 NATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION". Reverse: A tablet in front of clumps of seaweed, a shell an
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Royal Humane Society of Australasia. Obverse: A draped figure (L) placing a wreath on the head of a man kneeling (R). The Southern Cross above. Legend: "VIRTUTE PARATUM". Reverse: A wreath. Inscription: "AWARDED TO CHARLES SIBLEY 10TH JANY.
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Royal Marine Artillery uniform: pattern 1881. Tunic of Lieutenant-Colonel E.C.L. Durnford, Royal Marine Artillery. The tunic is of blue wool and has a standup collar of buckram faced with red wool and edged with gold lace. There is heavy gold piping aroun
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Sail assisted steam vessel Eclipse at sea. Signed by artist and dated.
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Sailing ship Sparkling Wave in a calm sea. Paper support cracking and mounted on backing, but some areas missing.
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The Boat Builder's Yard, Cancale, Brittany. A scene in a boat builder's yard at Cancale, Brittany, on the north-west coast of France. Brittany had many beach boatyards of the kind portrayed. In the foreground to the right, a girl with strong fac
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The brigantine 'L'Avennire'. A ship’s portrait of the brigantine ‘L’Avennire’ shown broadside-on. She is shown making her way through the deep ocean with both her deck houses clearly visible. A number of sailors are
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The East African slave trade: Examination of captured slaves in the British Consul-General's court at Zanzibar. Published in 'The Illustrated London News', 17 December, 1881. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
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Liverpool pilot schooner No 2, the 'Leader', leading a fleet of vessels over the Mersey bar during a gale, 8 February 1881. This painting records an incident at Liverpool on 8 February 1881 when the pilot ‘Leader’ led a fleet of vess
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28 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 28 ft Cutter, with standing lug, prepared with reference to the Controller's circular dated July 1878 for fitting gatling and other guns. Signed W. B. Robinson [Chief Constructor, Portsmou
Originally dated: November 1880, corrected to 17 March 1881
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Screw steamer Joshua Nicholson ...Charles Tully & Co owners... Tyne shipbuilding Coy Builders.... No.136.
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Messrs Donald Currie & Co's Royal Mail steam ship Grantully Castle built by Messrs Barclay Curle & Co.... Hand-coloured.; Signed by artist in plate.
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A tribute to Sir George Biddell Airy written in German, 27 July 1881.. A tribute, in German and dated 27 July 1881, from 'Der Vorstand der Astronomischen Gesellschaft' (the Board of the Astronomical Society) to George Airy, commemorating his wor
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