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An American Ship in Distress. Although it was painted five years earlier, this may possibly be the work exhibited by Whichelo at the Royal Academy in 1816 with the title, 'The packet and an American ship coming into Margate in a storm with pilot boat
1811
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Margaret Maskelyne, Lady Clive (1735-1817). A head and shoulders portrait facing left, with the sitter in near profile looking slightly down and wearing a possibly silk cap on a high-dressed hairstyle, the hair being a greying light brown: at the time the
1811
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The 'Defence' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794. An incident from the five-day battle known as the 'Glorious First of June 1794', during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802, between the British fleet under Lord Howe and the
1811
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The Brig 'Ariel'. A portrait of a brig shown in three positions, a common convention of ship portraiture. In the centre the vessel is shown in port-broadside view, to the left in stern view and to the right in bow view. The main image shows the
1811
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The wreck of HMS Hero in the Texel, 25 December 1811. 'The wreck of HMS Hero in the Texel, 25 Dec 1811' by Thomas Robbert Strickland, Lt, Rn, 1787-1853.
1839
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