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A Note on the Drawings in the Possession of the Earl of Dartmouth Illustrating the Battle of Sole Bay May 28 1672 and the Battle of the Texel August 11 1673.. A paper booklet that contains notes on the drawings that illustrate the Battle of Sole Bay on Ma
1908
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Battle of Solebay, 28th May 1672. Technique includes etching.
Dec 1797
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The first Battle of Schooneveld, 28 May 1673. The second major action of the Third Anglo-Dutch War took place in the early summer of 1673. The combined English and French fleets under the command of Prince Rupert lay for several weeks off the Dutch coast
1673
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The First Battle of Schooneveld, 28 May 1673. Van de Velde the Elder has adopted a high viewpoint in this detailed ‘pen painting’ showing the First Battle of Schooneveld, during the Third Dutch War, 1672-74. Although he was present at the batt
1684
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53ft Mooring Lighter (1757). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, basic profile with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth, for a single-masted 53ft Mooring Lighter. Signed by Joseph Harris [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 17
28 May 1757
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Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and a plan and section through the centreboard casing, proposed and approved for building Trial (1790), an 8-gun s
Dated: 28 May 1789
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Trial (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck [upper deck] and hold with fore & aft platforms for Trial (1790), an 8-gun single-masted Cutter, with three sliding keels as proposed by Captain Schank.
28 May 1789
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A True British Tar (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
28 May 1795
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A True British Tar (caricature). This is a caricature of Prince William Henry, Duke of Clarence, who was a professional naval officer under Nelson, his friend, and from 1830 the ‘Sailor King’ William IV. It shows him as a ‘tar’ in
28 May 1795
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Captn Edwd Riou Commander of the Guardian Frigate in the year 1789 but late of His Majesty's ship Amazon who fell gloriously in the Attack of the Danish Fleet and Batteries off Copenhagen April 2nd 1801. Print, from MNT0216.
28 May 1801
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Stowage of ballast for large Frigates (50-60 guns). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing a section and part plan for large Frigates (50-60 gun), illustrating the method of stowing the ballast. Signed by Thomas Atkinson [one-time Master on Victory for Admiral Nel
28 May 1828
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Hulks, probably at Sheerness, 1838. This drawing, dated in pencil lower right 'May 28 1838', is probably unfinished and shows Mends's technique of laying in a series of flat washes to build up his composition, before adding final detail. Th
28 May 1838
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Bullock cart inscr 'Salerno'. Dated May 28 (1846). Throughout his career as a painter, Edward Cooke travelled extensively in Europe, visiting France, Holland, Italy, Spain, North Africa and Scandinavia. Paintings and drawings resulted from all h
28 May 1846
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HMS 'Daphne' off Cape Horn, 28 May 1852. No. 63 (and last) in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image; 'Cape Horn, May 28th 1852'. Fanshawe left Panama about 20 March 1852, at
28 May 1852
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Waves - sketch made at 5pm 28 May 1849 of HMS Rattlesnake in a gale. Medium includes brown wash.
28 May 1855
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HMS 'Basilisk', anchored in Threshold Bay, New Guinea, 28 May 1874. Inscribed on back of drawing: “HMS ‘Basilisk’, Captain John Moresby 1871. 28th May [1874]. In Threshold Bay, New Guinea. Anchored off a delicious little cove o
1874
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