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A Bermudian Schooner Yacht Offshore. A scene off Port Royal at the entrance to Kingston Harbour, Jamaica. The schooner yacht has been depicted broadside, in full sail. The fact that it flies the white ensign, a St George's cross burgee and a three-fl
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A Sailing Boat in a Fresh Breeze off Cowes. A small sprit-rigged coastal craft moves through the water, with a brig in the distance to the left, and other small craft beyond and to the right. The cliffs of a coastline are visible in the background to the
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Commander James Clark Ross, 1800-62. A three-quarter-length portrait slightly to left, head turned to right. Ross looks towards the right and directs his gaze out of the picture space. Although the insignia on the epaulettes is obscured so that his rank i
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HM Packet Brig 'Sheldrake', Lt Passingham Entering Falmouth Harbour. The Post Office packet 'Sheldrake', is seen in starboard-broadside view off Falmouth in company with the 'Eclipse' and 'Sandwich'. Falmouth was an
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Shipping off Bristol. A painting showing West Indiamen alongside Bristol docks on the Avon. The ship in the foreground on the left is being unloaded with timber from America. Some of the unloaded timber floats on the water. A man can be seen standing on a
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Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bt, 1769-1839, Vice-Admiral of the Blue. A three-quarter-length full-face portrait in rear-admiral's full dress uniform, 1832-33 with the ribbon and star of the GCB and holding a telescope in his left hand. This striking a
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