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Nelson's First letter written in the left hand. (Believed to be) Nelson's first letter written in the left hand. Writing to St Vincent following the loss of his right arm in the failed attack on Teneriffe, Nelson bemoans his injury and asks for
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Captain Warner's Experiment. Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
27 Jul 1844
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Captain Warner's Experiment. Text in English below image.; Stored in mount with PAF4181.
27 Jul 1844
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The parson and the pig: an incident at the burning of Kotka barracks, Finland, 27 July 1855. No. 2 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist 'Kotka, 27th July 1855, Midnight', on the album page below the image
27 July 1855
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The Rock of Lisbon, NE by E, July 27 1861. Schetky made his last visit abroad in the summer of 1861 at the age of 82. The two-week passage to Lisbon on board the steamer 'Alhambra', during which time he painted this watercolour, was a gift from
27 July 1861
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'Wooley Park, 27 July 1878'. Rough sketches of an ostrich, Wooley Park, 27 July 1878 William James Herschel returned home in 1878 after 25 years in the Indian civil service. That summer he went on a sketching holiday with S. E. Hardcastle. Thou
27 July 1878
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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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Birthday card from the Royal Observatory Greenwich to Sir George Biddell Airy on his 90th birthday, 27 July 1891.. Birthday card from the staff at the Royal Observatory Greenwich to Airy, congratulating him for reaching his 90th birthday, 27 July 1891.
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Certificate from the Society of Trinity Youths to Sir George Biddell Airy on his 90th Birthday, 27 July 1891, to commemorate the peal of bells from Greenwich.. Certificate from the Society of Trinity Youths to Sir George Biddell Airy, to commemorate the p
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