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'Well Done "Condor"': The Bombardment of Alexandria. The subject of the picture is an incident during the bombardment of Alexandria which occurred in 1882 as the result of an Egyptian nationalist uprising. The revolt within the Egyptia
1883
National Maritime Museum

Catching a Mermaid. Two boys and a girl are portrayed on rocks at the water's edge. The narrative indicates that they have discovered a wrecked ship's figurehead and, armed with ropes and a boat-hook, attempt to haul it ashore. Two of the childr
1883
National Maritime Museum

Off Duty. Oil painting of a Naval Brigade sailor, with his sennet hat hanging on the fixed bayonet of his grounded rifle as he lights a cigarette. A slightly unhinged door is ajar behind to the left. Whether 'Off Duty' is the original artist
1883
National Maritime Museum

Sir George Biddell Airy, 1801-1892. Airy was the seventh Astronomer Royal, a post he held at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, for 46 years from 1835 (when he was 34) to 1881. He is shown seated against a brown studio background in a cane-backed wooden ar
1883
National Maritime Museum

The Pensioner's Story. Set in front of the King Charles Court of Greenwich Hospital, with the Thames out of view to the left, this shows a bearded and uniformed Greenwich Pensioner with a wooden leg, talking to a visiting couple and a young boy. The
1883
National Maritime Museum