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Sir James Lancaster, 1554/5-1618. Lancaster was brought up in Portugal as a merchant and soldier, but returned to England in 1587. He thereafter became a trusted employee of the London merchant Thomas Cordell, commanding his merchant ship ‘Edward
1596
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Ground plan of the City of Londonderry relieved by Mountjoy, Phoenix and Dartmouth breaking the Boom, 16th April-30 July 1689. Page 5.
1693
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'Terrible' (1730); 'Salamander' (1730). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, modified sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for 'Terrible' (1730) and 'Salamander' (1
16 June 1729
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Saint Albans. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board with some decoration detail, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Saint Albans (1737), a 1733 Establishment 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. Signed by Pe
16 November 1734
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A Prospect of Portsmouth (Harbour). Print
16 Mar 1740
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Kinsale (1741). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Kinsale (1741), a 1733 Establishment, 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker. The annotation relating to the plan being returned and the C
16 July 1740
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Peggy (1749). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with faint pencil outline of the stern board, midship section, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail for building Peggy (1749), an 8-gun Sloop at Deptford Doc
16 February 1749
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Viper (1756). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth, hold with fore & aft platforms, and fittings for the upper deck for Viper (1756), an early two-masted 10-gun Sloop.
Circa August 1755
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To the Honble Sir Edward Hawke... This Representation of the... Defeat of the French Fleet... off Belle-Isle on the 20th of November 1759 by a Fleet... under His Command. Print
16 Mar 1761
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Endeavour (1768). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Endeavour (1768), a purchased collier, prior to final fitting as a ship-rigged Bark for exploration.
April 1768
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Ferret (1760). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck and lower deck with platforms for Ferret (1760), a 14-gun Ship Sloop. The plan illustrates the ship as she was surveyed at Woolwich Dockyard in 1768 and with the later alte
16 August 1768
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Formidable (1777). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some decoration detail, and longitudinal half-breadth, proposed (and approved) for 'Formidable' (1777), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, to be built at Chatham Dockya
16 September 1768
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Formidable (1777). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for building 'Formidable' (1777), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, at Chatham Dockyard. Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyo
16 February 1769
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Weazle (1745). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck and fore & aft platforms for Weazle (1745), a 16-gun two-masted Ship Sloop. The Weazle had been on a voyage to West Africa in February 1770 and was to be sent again in
16 October 1770
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Endeavour (1768). Scale: 96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, upper deck, forecastle, fore & aft falls (a type of platforms), lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Endeavour (1768), after being re-fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed by William G
16 October 1771
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Experiment (1774). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Experiment (1774), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, building at Deptford by Messrs Adams & Barnard. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
16 March 1773
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Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego. This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges,comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777. Captai
16 Jul 1776
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Declaration of Independence. The Declaration was drafted by Thomas Jefferson in June 1776, drawing upon ideas developed by European philosophers about individual liberty. The declaration states that “all men are created equal”, before listing
16 July 1776
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Man in Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego. This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777.
16 Jul 1776
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Man of Easter Island. This engraving, after drawings by artist William Hodges, is in John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron. Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voy
16 Jul 1776
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Man of the Island of Tanna. This engraving, after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777. Captain James Cook
16 Jul 1776
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Possession Bay in the Island of South Georgia. This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1
16 Jul 1776
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Possession Bay in the Island of South Georgia. This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges, is in John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron. Captain James Cook (17
16 Jul 1776
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Tynai-mai. This engraving, after drawings by artist William Hodges, is in John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron. Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voyages to the
16 Jul 1776
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View in the Island of Pines. This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777. Captain Jam
16 Jul 1776
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View in the Island of Tanna. This engraving, after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777. Captain James Cook
16 Jul 1776
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[References to the sketch of operations at New York (HNS 149) with a view of the engagement on the Hudson river on 16 August 1776.]. There are three variants of this chart in the collection.
1777
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[References to the sketch of operations at New York (HNS 149) with a view of the engagement on the Hudson river on 16 August 1776.]. Two plates on a single sheet. Engraved. (Previously numbered 152.) This variant has only the view, without the reference
1777
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[References to the sketch of operations at New York (HNS 149) with a view of the engagement on the Hudson river on 16 August 1776.]. Two plates on a single sheet. Engraved. Imprint April 2, 1778. Title added: The Phoenix and the Rose engaged by the enem
1778
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[References to the sketch of operations at New York (HNS 149) with a view of the engagement on the Hudson river on 16 August 1776.]. Two plates on a single sheet. Engraved. Lacks imprint. View in aquatint. Printed on Bates paper, view coloured. Page num
1777
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The Sea Engagement fought July 27th 1778 between the British Fleet Commanded by Admiral Keppel, and the French Fleet... This engagement happened between Ushant and Scilly Islands (plan). Print
16 Sep 1778
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'Stately' (1784); 'Indefatigable' (1784). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Stately' (1784), and in August 1780 for 'Indefatigable' (1784), both 64-gun Third Ra
16 December 1778
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Barrington's action at St Lucia: the squadron at anchor off the Cul de Sac after the action, 16 December 1778. This shows Admiral Samuel Barrington's squadron at anchor across the Grand Cul de Sac on the west side of St Lucia, covering his invas
1780
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Rodney's Fleet Taking in Prizes after the Moonlight Battle, 16 January 1780. A painting showing a scene after the Moonlight battle 16 January 1780. Sir George Rodney was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands in the autumn of 1779, durin
1793
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The Moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780. Sir George Rodney was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands in the autumn of 1779, during the War of American Independence, and on his way out he convoyed supplies to the beleaguered
1780
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The Moonlight Battle: the Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780. An unusual representation of the Moonlight battle, during the War of American Independence, 1775-83. Cape St Vincent is on the south coast of Portugal and the site of several important
1781
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The Moonlight Battle: the Battle off Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780. Oil painting (in temporary slip-type frame)
1781
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'Goliath' (1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Goliath' (1781), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as launched at Deptford Dockyard,
16 November 1781
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The Royal Hunt, or a Prospect of the Year 1782 (caricature). Hand-coloured.
16 Feb 1782
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Capt. James Cook, F.R.S. Print
16 Jul 1784
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Jemmy's Return (caricature). Text in English below image.; Hand-coloured.
16 Dec 1784
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A Plan of the Batteries erected before Gibraltar with the attacks made by sea and land on that garrison... on the 13th September 1782. Print
16 Aug 1785
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A View from Gibraltar of the Spanish Batteries erected in the late Siege before that Garrison. Technique includes engraving.
16 Aug 1785
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A View of the Grand Attack upon Gibraltar September 13th 1782. Technique includes engraving.
16 Aug 1785
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A View of the Straits of Gibraltar with the Coast of Barbary from Cape Spartel to Ceuta Point. Technique includes engraving.
16 Aug 1785
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44ft Chain boat (1787). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, section, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and deck plan for a single-masted forty-four foot chain boat for Deptford Dockyard. Signed by John Henslow [Surveyo
16 May 1787
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The Launch of the North West America at Nookta Sound Being the first vessel that was ever built in that part of the Globe. Print
16 Aug 1790
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Fishing boats and small craft, Portici, 1791. Medium includes graphite. A study of Neapolitan craft, inscribed dated and signed by the artist 'Portici. 16th March 1791. J.T. Serres'. [PvdM 7/07]
16 Mar 1791
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Two fishing boats at Portici, 16 Mar 1791. Medium includes graphite. A study of Neapolitan craft, inscribed dated and signed by the artist 'Portici. 16th March 1791. J.T. Serres'. The gunwale of the boat in front is inscribed 'Blue Ground w
16 Mar 1791
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Duncannon Fort, Co. Wexford. Vol.1. Pl. 123.
16 Jun 1793
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Albatross (1795); Dispatch (1795); Kite (1795); Raven (1796); Star (1795); Swallow (1795); Sylph (1795); Pelican (1795).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth
16 March 1795
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Pelican (1795); Kite (1795); Dispatch (1795) [alternative spelling: Despatch]; Albatross (1795); Raven (1796); Star (1795); Sylph (1795); Swallow (1795).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitud
16 March 1795
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75ft Schooner-rigged Gun Vessel (fl. 1795). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile, starboard half of the aft platform, plan view of the two sliding keels, and section through the foremost keel of a 75ft Schooner-rigged Gun Vessel (fl. 1795), as
16 September 1795
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To the Memory of the Brave Capt John Harvey... of His Majesty's Ship the Brunswick.... after breaking the Enemy's Line.... on the first of June 1794 Grappled to, and engaging Le Vengeur with her Starboard Guns, and totally dismasting L' Ach
16 Feb 1796
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The Brunswick and Le Vengeur after the Action on the first of June 1794. Print. To the Memory of the Brave Capt John Harvey... This Print representing the Brunswick and Le Vengeur after the action on the first of June 1794. The first totally disabled, the
16 Jul 1796
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'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half-breath proposed for 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. Signed
16 February 1798
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A Sailor's Return in Peace. A sailor greets his wife with a kiss on returning home from sea, surrounded by their family. See BHC1125 for the original oil (or a preparatory version). This is one of a set of four plates of effectively the same size an
16 Apr 1798
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Sailors in a Fight. Entitled 'Sailors in a Fight', this print is inscribed: 'To the British Navy this plate is respectfully dedicated by there [sic] obedient humble Ser[van]t. John Raphael Smith'. It is one of a set of four plates of
16 Apr 1798
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Sailors in a storm. This print shows four sailors fighting for their lives in a storm on the deck of a dismasted ship. The deck is at a dramatic angle in the raging sea breaking over it, with the stump of what appears to be the broken mizzen mast clearly
16 Apr 1798
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Sailors in Port. Sailors relaxing on the deck of a what is probably a naval ship. They are dancing to the fiddler's music and enjoying the company of girls. Although seamen would often visit taverns and brothels ashore, prostitutes were often brought
16 Apr 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore and after platforms for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [Surve
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of th
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Nav
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [Sur
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle. The ship was re-ordered and launched in 1808 as Brazen. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Nav
16 July 1798
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Brazen (cancelled 1799); Brazen (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Brazen (cancelled 1799), an 18-gun Ship Sloop with quarterdeck and forecastle, and later when re-ordered
16 July 1798
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Bonetta (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Bonetta (captured 1798), a captured French privateer, as fitted as an 18-gun Ship
16 August 1798
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Ethalion (1802). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Ethalion (1802), a 36-gun Fifth Rate, Frigate to be built at Woolwich Dockyard. A copy was sent to Woolwich Dockyard on 8 May 1800.
16 November 1799
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Staand mannelijk naakt, op de rug gezien
16 January 1802
Rijksmuseum

Plate depicting ships captured by Nelson 1793-1801 and also the Battle of Genoa, Battle off Cape St Vincent, Battle of the Nile and Battle of Copenhagen. Print
16 Mar 1802
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Message from President Jefferson to Congress Regarding the Louisiana Purchase, 01/16/1804 (page 2 of 2)
Taken 16 Jan 1804
The U.S. National Archives

'Haddock' (1805). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the list of scantling with a midship section for 'Haddock' (1805), a four to six gun schooner. Also has a letter attached to the plan dated 27 December 1805 from Portsmouth Dockyard. The l
16 December 1805
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The Ever-to-be Lamented Death of Lord Nelson, who was shot by a musket ball in the brave and glorious victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain near Cape Trafalgar Oct 21 1805.. Picture transfer-printed on glass depicting Nelson supported by a
16 Dec 1805
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Dick Dock, or the Lobster & Crab (Greenwich Pensioner caricature). Two Greenwich Pensioners sit outside a riverside tavern drinking and smoking. One, with a wooden leg, is shaking hands with a one-armed soldier (whose jacket is miscoloured blue rathe
16 Aug 1806
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Koe in de stal en de kop van een koe
16 April 1808
Rijksmuseum

'Impregnable' (1810). Scale 1:24. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the method of fitting the beams to the sides of 'Impregnable' (1810), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. Sighed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 17
16 June 1808
National Maritime Museum

HMS Captain capturing the San Nicolas and the San Josef at the battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797. Print
16 Nov 1808
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Thames Scene: two rowing boats covered with a tarpaulins in a river landscape. Bound with PAF5128-PAF5130, PAF5132-PAF5135.; Signed by artist.
16 Oct 1809
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Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 10. A View of Linga or Lung, from the Sea, during the destruction of the Dow's &c Novr.16th 1809. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
Apr 1813
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Jack in a White Squall, Amongst Breakers - on the Lee Shore of St. Catherines (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Page No.79.
16 Aug 1811
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View of the Island of Banda-Neira... Captured by a force landed from a squadron under the Command of Captain Cole in the morning of the 9th August 1810. Bound with PAG9057 and a page of text.
16 Oct 1811
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Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 1 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives

Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 2 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives

Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 3 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives

Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 4 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives

Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 5 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives

Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 6 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives

Petition of Eli Whitney requesting the renewal of his patent on the cotton gin, 04/16/1812 (page 8 of 8)
Taken 16 Apr 1812
The U.S. National Archives

Brig Nautilus captured by British Frigate Shannon, July 16, 1812. One of a set of twenty, others are PAJ0205-PAJ0207, PAJ0209-PAJ0224. No. 4 (20) Signed by artist and dated in plate.
1937
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Liffey (1813); Forth (1813); Severn (1813); Liverpool (1814); Glasgow (1814). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Liffey (1813), Forth (1813), Severn (1813), Liverpool (1814), and Glasgow (1814), all fir-built 40-gun Fifth Rate, Frigates bu
16 April 1813
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The Right Honorable William Pitt. Engraved by Topham from a Picture by Bromley. Print
16 Oct 1815
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Gun deck (lower deck) scupper for a 74 gun ship. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a part section illustrating the scupper on a gun deck (lower deck) for a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by Edward Churchill [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1815-1
16 June 1817
National Maritime Museum

Barbados Mercury and Bridge-Town Gazette.. Newspaper dated Tuesday, 16th June, 1818. Part of the Michael Graham-Stewart slavery collection.
1818-06-16
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Proposal for fitting scuppers to Ships of the Line. Scale: 1:8. Plan showing a part section illustrating the fitting of scuppers to the upper deck and lower deck for Ships of the Line, as proposed by Mr. Lang.
16 June 1819
National Maritime Museum

Snap (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the elevation and plan of the upper deck for fitting the Snap (1812), a 12-gun Brig, for a Surveying Vessel.
16 January 1821
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Snap (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for fitting the Snap (1812), a 12-gun Brig, as a Surveying Vessel.
16 January 1821
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'Sketch of Bonaparte. As laid on his Austerlitz Camp Bed, taken by Captn Marryat at RN, 14 hours after his decease, at the request of Sir Hudson Lowe, Governor of St Helena, & with permission of Count Montholan & General Bertrand'. Marry
Published 16 July 1821
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(Recto) HMS Frigate 'Phaeton', 1822; (Verso) HMS 'Active'. No. 27 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) (Recto) Drawing insribed in the upper right 'Monday Sepr 16 – 1822 -/ H.M. Frigate Phaeton -', with an indistinct inscription
16 September 1822
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Symptoms of not having been often to Church (caricature). Hand-coloured.
16 May 1823
National Maritime Museum