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. Black shade for refractor telescope.
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Box for refractor telescope.
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Box with screw on lid (see AST0910.11).
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Card for a liquid compass. Card: A mica card attached to a domed float. The card is white with black markings graduated to quarter points. Needle: Two edge bar needles attached to float. Dims 3.5" x 0.5" (9 cm x 1.2 cm) Pivot: The pivot
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Cutlass, the hilt of the cutlass consists of a black steel, half-basket guard with turned edges. The cast iron grip has been moulded. The flat steel blade is straight with a double-edged spear point. The obverse of the blade is engraved with an arrow ab
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Cutlass, the hilt of the cutlass consists of black steel half-basket guard with turned edges, and a moulded cast iron grip. The steel blade is flat and straight, with a double-edged spear point. The obverse of the blade is engraved with an arrow and the
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Dark orange shade for refractor telescope.
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Dirk, made after 1856, which belonged to Admiral Leonard Andrew Boyd Donaldson (1875-1956). The hilt of the dirk consists of a gilt crosspiece with inversed quillons with acorn ends. In the centre on the obverse of the crosspiece is a crown and foul anc
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Extension shade for refractor telescope object glass.
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Eye piece for refractor telescope.
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Galilean binoculars with a leather covered body, sliding sun shades and a central focussing wheel. The eyepieces do not focus independently. Silver plaques on each barrel record that the binoculars were presented by Queen Victoria to Henry Gilbert Hillm
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Green shade for refractor telescope.
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Lens cap for refractor telescope.
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Lens cover for refractor telescope.
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Light orange shade for refractor telescope.
1890
National Maritime Museum

. lines
1890
National Maritime Museum

. lines & profile
1890
National Maritime Museum

. mounting
1890
National Maritime Museum

. profile
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Screw on lid for box AST0910.10.
1890
National Maritime Museum

. sheer & profile
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Solid half-basket hilted sword, which belonged to Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Arbuthnot Fisher (1841-1920). The hilt of the sword consists of a gilt, solid half-basket guard, with raised bars and a crown and anchor badge. There is a folding flap on t
1890
National Maritime Museum

. stern
1890
National Maritime Museum

. torpedo gear
1890
National Maritime Museum

. Wooden handled, jointed rod for the fine adjustment of inclination and rotary movements of refractor telescope AST0910.
1890
National Maritime Museum

1785. Marine chronometer
1890
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, 1846-1919. original art: drawing
1890
National Maritime Museum

Australia - East Coast. Port Jackson. Compiled by Lieutenants T.F. Pullen and G.W. Gubbins, H.M.S. "Lark". From information supplied by the New South Wales Government. Single sheet. Engaved. Scale: 1:12,131. 1 Inset. Port Jackson, continued on a
1892; 1890
National Maritime Museum

Bideford Bar. Drawing.
1890
National Maritime Museum

Davy Jones's Locker. 'Davy Jones’s Locker' was one of four paintings exhibited by Wyllie at the Royal Academy in 1890. In 'Peregrine Pickle', the writer Tobias Smollet described the sailors’ devil, Davy Jones, in thes
1890
National Maritime Museum

Electric cable section in glazed case. Slice of electric cable in a glazed wooden case. Plaque 'The First concentric Cable and First Paper Cable. Designed and made by S.Z. de Ferranti in 1890 for 6 1/2 miles service at 11000 volts from Deptford to L
1890
National Maritime Museum

Emigrants, New York. Invited by Sir Thomas Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, Wyllie, his wife and son, Harold, sailed from Liverpool to New York on board the liner 'Majestic' on her maiden voyage in April 1890. This is one of a set of dra
1890
National Maritime Museum

Greenhithe 1901. A fabric covered sketchbook with cardboard covered that are lined with paper. The outside and inside of the covers are covered in inscriptions and sketches. The front has the inscription “Greenhithe 1901”. Inside the back cove
1901; 1890
National Maritime Museum

H.M.S. Canada. Signed by artist and dated.
1890
National Maritime Museum

H.M.S. Collingwood. Signed by artist and dated.
1890
National Maritime Museum

Lateen-rigged fishing boat, Gozo. original art: drawing
1890
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the opening of the Forth Bridge, 1890. Medal commemorating the opening of the Forth Bridge, 1890. Obverse: View of the bridge in recession (right to left), boats and distant coastline. Legend: 'THE FORTH BRIDGE.' Exergue: �
1890
National Maritime Museum

Medal depicting the Admiral Courbet memorial. Medal depicting the Admiral Courbet memorial. Obverse: View of the monument. On the top, a full-length figure of Admiral Amédée Courbet (1827-1885) in uniform, a female figure by his side. The pe
1890
National Maritime Museum

Ministry of Marine Gold Medal. Obverse: Head of France with diadem (L). Legend: "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE". Reverse: An oval shield with inscription having as supporters a female figure (L) holding a laurel branch, and Mercury (R) with caduceus, bot
1890
National Maritime Museum

Portable refractor telescope. This is a portable brass refracting telescope on a conical pillar and tripod stand. This telescope belonged to Lt. Cdr. R. B. Davidson RN who was given it by his father. It is a telescope with an object glass of three inches
1890
National Maritime Museum

Prize medal, International Electric Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1890. Prize medal, International Electric Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1890. Obverse: Britannia seated (left). She holds in her left hand, a winged wheel, olive and palm branches in her right. The Forth
1890
National Maritime Museum

R.N.A.V. cutter race tankard 1890. Pewter tankard won at the R.N.A.V. cutter race, 1890. Tankard with two reeded bands of decoration, and three square-sectioned scroll handles. The inscription running round the top section reads: 'ROYAL NAVAL ARTILL
1890
National Maritime Museum

Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1901. Box containing cocked hat.
1890
National Maritime Museum

Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1901. Captain's hat, cocked in a metal box.
1890
National Maritime Museum

Thames waterman's prize medal. Thames waterman's prize medal presented to M.J. Mears and formerly attached to his waterman's coat (UNI0849) won at the Eastern Thames Regatta, 1st September 1902. A Maltese Cross, uniface, rayed, surmounted b
1890
National Maritime Museum

2050. Marine chronometer
1890-1
National Maritime Museum

Fighting ships at sea, 1890s. Two black and grey wash study drawings, one above the other on one sheet, of naval vessels of the 1890s, though not of specifically recognizable classes. The upper one appears to show two or three first-class torpedo boats i
1890s
National Maritime Museum

Greenwich Royal Observatory Magnetic Pavilion in Park. Floor plan entitled "Greenwich Royal Observatory Magnetic Pavilion in Park". Depicts five external views and a ground plan of the Pavillion.
1890s
National Maritime Museum

Lord Dufferin's Yacht Racing. Typical of the black and white drawings which Wyllie produced for publication in magazines, notably the 'Graphic', although it is not known where this drawing was reproduced. Wyllie has used white heightening (
1890s
National Maritime Museum

Seven studies of 'Orlando'-class armoured cruisers and torpedo boats. The larger twin-funnelled vessels are 'Orlando'-class armoured cruisers. There were seven vessels in the class, all launched in 1886 or 1887, and they were all sold
probably 1890s
National Maritime Museum

Straits of Gibraltar. This watercolour probably dates from the early 1890s and is likely to have been made while Wyllie was on a cruise on board the Orient Line 'Garonne' in 1893. Because some of the crew and passengers died of yellow fever the
early 1890s
National Maritime Museum

Terrestrial facsimile globe. Display stand for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum

Terrestrial facsimile globe. Part of meridian line for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum

Terrestrial facsimile globe. Part of meridian ring for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum

Terrestrial facsimile globe. Pivot from display stand for the terrestrial facsimile globe.
Reproduction: 1890
National Maritime Museum

Terrestrial facsimile globe. Terrestrial facsimile globe. Geographical details on the sphere show continents labelled 'EVROPA', 'AFFRICA' and 'ASIA'. The new continent America, which is not labelled, is separate from Asia. Am
Gores: circa 1556-60; Facsimile globe: 1890
National Maritime Museum

Sketch of a sailing vessel annotated with colour notes (on reverse). Bound with PAE6788-PAE6790, PAE6792-PAE6812.
May 1890
National Maritime Museum

Sketch of two moored sailing vessels. Bound with PAE6788-PAE6792, PAE6794-PAE6812.
May 1890
National Maritime Museum

Very rough sketch of a lugger and a brigantine. Bound with PAE6788-PAE6800, PAE6802-PAE6812.
May 1890
National Maritime Museum

Very rough sketch of sails. Bound with PAE6788-PAE6789, PAE6791-PAE6812.
May 1890
National Maritime Museum

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