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Captain Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, 1769-1839. A half-length portrait to left in captain's undress uniform, over three years, 1795-1812. His coat is shown buttoned to the throat and the artist has concentrated on the gold of the buttons and epaulette
1801
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The East Indiaman 'Warley'. The 1475-ton East Indiaman 'Warley', one of the larger and more famous vessels of the East India Company, shown in three positions off Blackwall, on the Thames, at sunset. The ship is shown in port-broadside
1804
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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, Viscount Nelson. A head-and-shoulders sketch facing right. The head is a sketch for a full-length portrait which is in St Andrew's Hall, Norwich. The portrait was painted after Copenhagen in 1801, when Nelson d
1801
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The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. In 1801 the northern powers of Russia, Denmark, Sweden and Prussia, the last three under pressure from the mentally unstable Tsar Paul I - formed an armed coalition that constituted a threat to British interests in
1801
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The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801, fought to force Denmark out of the hostile ‘Armed Neutrality’ of the Northern Powers – Russia, Sweden, Denmark and Prussia –was the second of Nelson�
1806
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