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The Dutch fleet lying-by off Buchan Ness, 16-26 August 1665. Here, the Dutch fleet is seen lying-by in a light breeze. On the right of the drawing is a starboard quarter view of the 'Omlandia' (den haen). Well out on her port beam is the 'V
1665
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The Friesland squadron lying-by off the coast of Scotland, 16-26 August 1665. This is an unsigned horizontal format drawing. It shows ships, bearing up and before the wind. In the centre middle-distance is a stern view of the 'Steden', the ship
1665
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Sr John Vanbrugh Knt. Comptroller of His Majties Works & Clarenceux King of Arms OB: 26 March 1726 Aet: 60. Print. Vanbrugh (1664-1726) was a playwright and architect, and was also involved with garden design. He succeeded Sir Christopher Wren as Surv
1727
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'Alderney' (1734); 'Furnace' (1740); 'Lightning' (1740); 'Carcass' (1740); 'Thunder' (1740); 'Basilisk' (1740); 'Blast' (1740); 'Firedrake' (1742). Scale: 1:48. A plan showin
26 March 1734
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'Suffolk' (1740). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building 'Suffolk' (1740), a 1733 Establishment 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Note that she was a reb
26 May 1736
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The European Race. Heat IId Anno Dom. MDCCXXXVIII (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
26 Nov 1738
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The North - West Prospect of Greenwich, In The County of Kent (with key). Text in English below image.; No.29. Could this be part of the RGO collection? No 32 in the inventory list?
26 Mar 1739
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The North Prospect of Gravesend in the County of Kent. Text in English below image.
26 Mar 1739
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The North-West Prospect of Deptford, in the County of Kent (with key and historical description). Inscription in English below image. A view of Deptford - then part of Kent - as it appeared in the late 1730s. The concentration of shipping shows that Deptf
26 Mar 1739
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European Race for A Distance. Anno Dom. MDCCXXXX (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
26 Feb 1740
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'Minorca' (1740). Scale: possibly 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for 'Minorca' (1740), a single-masted ex-Deptford lighter. On the reverse is
circa August 1743
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All hands to a Court Martial (caricature). The print refers to the indecisive Battle of Toulon in 1744 and its controversial aftermath. During the battle, the British Mediterranean fleet, under the command of Admiral Mathews, failed to prevent the French
26 Apr 1745
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The Capture of Saint Lucia, 26 February 1762. The capture of St Lucia from the French took place when England and France were once again in dispute, during the Seven Years War, 1756-63. This conflict was fought around the globe and involved the world&rsqu
1772
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A prospect of Port Antonio, and town of Titchfield, in the Parish of Portland, on the North side Jamaica, taken from Navy Island. Print
26 Jan 1770
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A View looking South of the Town and Harbour of Lucea in the Parish of Hanover in the North side of Jamaica. Print
26 Jan 1770
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A View of the Town and Harbour of Montego Bay, in the Parish of St James, Jamaica, taken from the Road leading to St Anns. Print
26 Jan 1770
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30ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1775). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, midship section, inboard profile and deck plan for a 16-oared, 30ft flat-bottomed Boat, to carry 40 Soldiers and 16 Sailors. Copies were sent out in 1799 and 1800. Signed by John
26 July 1775
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Colonel Arnold. Who Commanded the Provincial Troops sent against Quebec, through the Wilderness of Canada, and was Wounded in Storming that City, under General Montgomery. Print
26 Mar 1776
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Six illustrations: 1.A View of Louisbourg Harbor, on the South Coast of the Island of Cape Breton..... 2.A View of the Shore to the Westward of Gabbarrus Bay, on the South Coast of Cape Breton Island. 3.West Shore of Richmond Isle, near the entrances of t
26 Jul 1777
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Adml Rodney. Print
26 Apr 1781
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Repulse of the French in Frigate Bay, St Kitts, 26 January 1782. (Updated, March 2015) The Battle of Frigate Bay was an action during the War of American Independence (American Revolutionary War). Also known as the Battle of St Kitts, it took place betwee
1783
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The Battle of Frigate Bay, 26 January 1782. The Battle of Frigate Bay was an action during the American Revolutionary War. Also known as the battle of St Kitts, it took place between a British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood and a larger and more
1784
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Plan of the Bay, Rock and Town of Gibraltar... with the Works, Batteries and Incampment of the Spanish Army on the 19th Octor 1782 the Position of the Combined Fleet and the Attack by the Battering Ships Septr 13 of the same Year. Print
26 Jan 1783
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Zephyr (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board, half breadth of the quarter deck, full lower deck, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth of Zephyr (1779), as fitted for a transport from a Brig Sloop (prior to her name ch
26 November 1783
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31ft Chain Boat (1788). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, section through the windlass, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and full deck plan proposed [and approved] for a thirty-one foot chain boat for Deptford Doc
26 October 1787
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Andrew Wilkinson Esqr late Captain of his Majesty's Ship the Grafton.... Print
26 Oct 1787
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Robert Roddam Esq. Vice Admiral of the Red Commander in Chief &c &c &c, Portsmouth. Print
26 Jun 1789
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Robert Roddam Esqr. Vice Admiral of the Red Commander in Chief... Portsmouth. Print
26 Jun 1789
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'Royal Escape' (1743). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and full deck plan for the 'Royal Escape' (1743), a single-masted sailing Lighter bu
26 August 1791
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The Spanish Armada defeated off Starr Point, near Plymouth. Engraved for Ashburton's History of England. Technique includes etching.
26 Jan 1793
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Visit of George III to Howe's Flagship, the 'Queen Charlotte', on 26 June 1794. Lord Howe is shown on the quarter-deck of the 'Queen Charlotte', receiving a diamond sword from King George III. The King stands in the centre of the
1828
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The Wreck of the East Indiaman 'Dutton' in Plymouth Sound, 26 January 1796. (Updated, March 2015) The painting interprets an event from the life of Admiral Sir Edward Pellew (1757-1833), 1st Viscount Exmouth. He lived in Devon, as did Luny from
1821
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'View of the Telegraph erected on the Admiralty Office, Charing Cross in Feby 1796'. Text in English within plate. The print dates from the year that the Revd Lord George Murray designed the original arrangement, although telegraph or semaphore
Published 26 March 1796
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War. One of a pair of aquatints (the other of 'Peace' is ZBA4127) recording two large paintings by William Hodges, which were exhibited in London in December and January 1794-95 as centrepieces of a one-man show intended to recoup his financial
26 December 1797
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Baron Nelson, of the Nile, and of Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk. Technique includes etching.; Text in English below title.
26 Nov 1798
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The Right Honble Lord Nelson, KB. Vice Admiral of the Blue, Duke of Bronti, &c. Engraved by Jas Heath Historical Engraver to his Majesty, from an original Picture painted by Abbot, in the possession of John McArthur Esq. Stipple engraving.
26 Jan 1801
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A View of the East-India House, Leadenhall Street. Richard Jupp, Eq. Architect. Hand-coloured.; Plate No.65. The impressive headquarters of the East India Company were at Leadenhall Street in the City. From this building British India was ruled with littl
26 Feb 1802
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31ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1804). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, midship section, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 16-oared, 31ft Flat-bottomed Boat (1804). Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].
26 December 1804
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The Loss of the Lady Hobart Packet. The Falmouth registered Post Office packet ‘Lady Hobart’, commanded by William Dorset Fellowes, was bound for England from Halifax, Nova Scotia, when, on 26th June 1803, she was attacked by a French privatee
26 January 1805
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Sheldrake (1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck of Sheldrake (1806), a 16-gun Brig, building by Mr Richards at Hythe, near Southampton. Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
26 November 1805
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The Capture of Le Furet of 16 guns from a French Squadron by the Hydra off Cadiz, Febry 26th 1806. One of a pair with PAF4765 showing 'Hydra' action at Bagur, Catalonia, in 1807. Both are from a pair of oil paintings by Chambers, done in 1832 fo
1833
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Christiansborg, a Danish settlement on the Gold Coast, Africa. To His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.... Print. Thebuilding seen in the distance is Christiansborg Castle, near Accra, the headquarters of the Danish settlement on the Gold Coast of West
26 Oct 1806
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Christiansborg, a Dutch settlement on the Gold Coast, Africa. To His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence.... Hand-coloured.
26 Oct 1806
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John Rosedale Mariner. Exhibitor at the Hall of Greenwich Hospital. One of the Pensioners who had the task of 'showing' the Painted Hall to visitors. Two 'country cousins' stand behind him ogling the west wall representation of the Han
26 April 1807
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28 ft Pinnace (1808). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail, for a 12 oared, 28 ft Pinnace built at Plymouth for the Virginie (a 38-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate captured in 179
Dated: 26 March 1808
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Goodwill (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, and deck plan forward of the mast illustrating the store rooms and platform for Goodwill (1810), a sailing Lighter for Chatham as fitted at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by George Parkin [Ma
26 September 1810
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The fitting of illuminators to gunports in ships (1811). No scale. Plan showing the fitting of illuminators below the scuttles in the ports of warships. Signed by Robert Seppings [Master Shipwright, Chatham Dockyard, 1803-1813; Surveyor of the Navy, 1
26 July 1811
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This representation of the Battle on Lake Erie is respectfully inscribed to Commodore Perry, his officers and Gallant Crews... Second View. Print
26 Jul 1815
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possibly Racer (1818); Sprightly (1818), and Speedy (1828) and Snipe (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, and longitudinal half-breadth for Revenue Cutters to be b
Dated: 26 June 1817
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possibly Racer (1818); Sprightly (1818), and Speedy (1828) and Snipe (1828). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing sections at Station 14, Midship, and Station M for Revenue Cutters to be built at Pater [Pembroke Dockyard]. These could relate to both the Revenue Cu
Dated: 26 June 1817
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Snipe (1828); Speedy (1828). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck with platforms for Snipe (1828) and Speedy (1828), two Revenue Cutters to be built at Pater [Pembroke Dockyard]. Initalled by Robert Seppings [Surveyor of the Navy, 18
Dated: 26 June 1817
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William and Mary Capt. Manley a regular packet between Bristol and Waterford.... wrecked on the 23 of Oct 1817.... on the rocks called the Willeys on the coast of Wales..... Hand-coloured.
26 Jan 1818
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Head of a dog and sketch of two cows standing. Mounted with PAE6546-PAE6551.
26 Nov 1818
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Study of two recumbant sheep. Mounted with PAE6575.
26 Jun 1820
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Chain Pumps proposed for H M Ships (1820). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the profile, plan and section to illustrate the method of working the chain pumps on H M Ships using the Capstan, as proposed by Mr. Edwards. Signed by John Edye [Assistant to Survey
26 September 1820
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Study of a sailing craft. Mounted with PAE6563-PAE6564.
26 Sep 1820
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Harbour scene with figures on quayside in foreground and moored hulks, including 'Surat Castle', 1824. Mounted in album with PAE9907-PAE9933, PAE9935-PAE9964.; Medium includes graphite.; Page 27.; Signed by artist and dated.
26 Aug 1824
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HMS 'Victory' in Portsmouth Harbour, 1824. No. 19 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) Drawing inscribed along the upper edge of sheet 'Victory – Portsmouth Harbour – Victory August/26th/ 1824', and in the lower right 'The ship
26 August 1824
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The hulk of 'Wellington' alongside Bridge House, Blackwall, with figures standing on the quayside, some fishing. Mounted in album with PAE9907-PAE9940, PAE9942-PAE9964.; Medium includes graphite.; Page 34.; Signed by artist and dated.
26 Aug 1824
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View at Blackwall with the hulk of 'Wellington' moored, and a Mr J Brooks, seated close by on the harbour wall. Mounted in album with PAE9907-PAE9922, PAE9924-PAE9964.; Page 16.; Signed by artist. This is the basis of Moses' print of the In
26 Aug 1824
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City Basin, Regent's Canal. To Sir Culling Smith, Bart. This plate is respectfully inscribed. Mounted with PAD1416-PAD1417. An engraving after a work by the artist Thomas H Shepherd, famous for his depictions of London in the 1820s. The engraving sh
26 Jan 1828
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Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the elevation, plan, and section for the cap; and the plan, elevation and section for the main and fore tops for Barracouta (1820), a 10 gun Brig/Brig/sloop as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dock
26 September 1829
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Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with waterline for Barracouta (1820), a 10-gun Brig/Brig Sloop as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dockyard in 1829. Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard
26 september 1829
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Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Barracouta (1820), a 10 gun Brig/Brig Sloop, as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dockyard in 1829. Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard, 1826-1836].
26 September 1829
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Barracouta (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing the lower deck with elevations for Barracouta (1820), a 10 gun Brig/Brig Sloop, as fitted as a barque-rigged Packet at Woolwich Dockyard in 1829. Signed by Oliver Lang [Master Shipwright, Woolwich Dockyard
26 September 1829
National Maritime Museum

The capture of the Spanish slave brig Marinereita, by H. Majesty's brig Black Joke April 26th 1831. Medium includes pen and ink.; Signed by artist and dated.
1834
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H.C.S. MacQueen off the Start, 26th January 1832. Hand-coloured. The HCS 'Macqueen' is in the middle of the image. She was a three-masted British merchant ship. In this version, the small sailing vessel on the right is flying a British flag. On
1834
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H.C.S. MacQueen off the Start, 26th January 1832. Stored in mount with PAH8477. The 'Macqueen' is in the centre of the painting. In this version, the small gaff-rigged sailing vessel on the right is flying a Dutch flag. Both vessels are followin
1834
National Maritime Museum

The Dutch War!!!! (caricature). Print
26 Nov 1832
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Gravesend hulk on the beach, low tide. Exhibited London 1970. No.36. original art: drawing
26 Jun 1833
National Maritime Museum

H.M.S. Barham in a Squall on the 26th Octr 1833 at 10h. 40m. Am. 'Barham' is depicted in a squall on the 26th October at 10:40am. This view is one from a series depicting the voyage between England and Constantinople, starting in 1831, which was
1833
National Maritime Museum

The Way of the World (Greenwich Pensioners) (caricature). Grant's Oddities No 7. Two battered Greenwich Pensioners, one missing all four limbs, the other an arm and a leg, in conversation outside a building marked 'The Helpless Ward' of the
26 April 1834
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Peckham's Cottage, Redleaf. Mounted with PAE5585.
26 Jul 1837
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Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and platforms and flats, for Tank Vessel No. 1 (1837), a two-masted Water Carrier built for service in Malta. Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Chatham Do
26 July 1837
National Maritime Museum

The Honorable East India Company's Iron War Steamer, the Ship Nemesis scudding before a heavy gale off the Cape of Good Hope on her passage from England to China. The Nemesis was the first iron steam vessel that passed the Cape of Good Hope.... Print
26 Oct 1841
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Westerdyk, Amsterdam. original art: drawing
26 Jul 1843
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An unidentifed naval officer(?) standing by the belaying pin rail on the port side of the 80-gun three-decker HMS Superb (1842).. A paper calotype negative. A head-to-shin portrait photograph of an unidentified naval officer(?) leaning on a belaying pin
26 September 1845
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Part of the starboard side of the quarterdeck of the 80-gun three-decker HMS Superb (1842). A paper calotype negative. A view from the port side of the main mast on the quarterdeck of the 80-gun three-decker HMS Superb (1842), looking forward and to star
26 September 1845
National Maritime Museum

Part of the starboard side of the quarterdeck of the 80-gun three-decker HMS Superb (1842). A whole plate size varnished salted paper print. A view from the port side of the main mast on the quarterdeck of the 80-gun Second Rate three-decker HMS Superb (
26 September 1845
National Maritime Museum

Port side view looking forward along the quarterdeck of the 80-gun three-decker HMS Superb (1842). A quarter plate size salted paper print. A view from aft of the main mast on the port side of the quarterdeck looking forward on the 80-gun Second Rate, th
26 September 1845
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Port side view looking forward along the quarterdeck of the 80-gun three-decker HMS Superb (1842). A wax paper calotype negative. A view from aft of the main mast on the port side of the quarterdeck looking forward on the 80-gun Second Rate, three-decker
26 September 1845
National Maritime Museum

Portrait of a Naval Officer on the quarterdeck of the 80-gun three-decker HMS Superb (1842). A whole plate size salted paper print. A view along the starboard side of quarterdeck of the 80-gun three-decker HMS Superb (1842), looking forward towards the wa
26 September 1845
National Maritime Museum

Ramsgate Boats. Medium includes graphite.
26 Sep 1845
National Maritime Museum

The quarterdeck and poop deck of the 80-gun three-decker HMS Superb (1842).. A paper calotype negative. A view from the port side of the quarterdeck on the 80-gun second rate three-decker HMS Superb (1842), looking aft towards the wheel with the poop deck
26 September 1845
National Maritime Museum

The quarterdeck and poop deck of the 80-gun three-decker HMS Superb (1842).. A quarter size salted paper print. A view from the port side of the quarterdeck on the 80-gun second rate three-decker HMS Superb (1842), looking aft towards the wheel with the p
26 September 1845
National Maritime Museum

'Curlew' (1830) 10-gun brig. Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the plan of the mortar bed, sleepers and hatches as fitted for the 'Curlew' (1830). The ship was previously a 10-gun brig and the plan displays the ship's convertion into a
26 November 1847
National Maritime Museum

'Curlew' (1830). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing a section through the mortar bomb bed, sleepers and hatches for the 'Curlew' (1830), a 10-Gun Gun Brig. The ship was previously a 10-gun brig and the plan displays the ship's convertio
26 November 1847
National Maritime Museum

'Cape Frio [Brazil] N by W 1/2 W distant 4 leagues. Lighthouse on highest point'. No. 2 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This atmospheric study, entirely in tones o
25/26 January 1849
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'Double canoe off Moalu, Feejee Islands, Septr 26th 1849' [Fiji]. No. 27 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This drawing is reproduced in Fanshawe's biography (
26 September 1849
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(Recto) Gibraltar, with HMS 'Trafalgar' at anchor, a Spanish smuggling boat and the steamer 'Oberon', 26 August 1851; (Verso) 'Mon Juc' [Montjuïc] Barcelona, September 1851. No. 9 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) In
August - September 1851
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(Recto) Sketch of two young women, one sitting and reading the other stretching and yawning (drawn by Lord Bury) with a drawing of a tree alongside; (Verso) HMS 'Queen' off the 'Island of Brada, Ivisa' [Ibiza?] 26 October 1851. No. 11
circa October 1851
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(Recto) HMS 'Bellerophon' off Cape Carthage, 26 April 1852; (Verso) Fort St Elmo and the entrance to the Grand Harbour, Malta, 20 March 1852. No. 18 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) Inscribed below the ship 'Bellerophon / Captn Lord...
March - April 1852
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(Recto) HMS 'Vengeance' at anchor in Port Mahon, 26 May 1852; (Verso) The 'Charlemagne' with 'Trafalgar' leaving Port Mahon under tow by 'Firebrand', 1 June 1852. No. 20 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) Inscrib
May - June 1852
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Panoramic view of Stockholm (left hand) with 859 and 860. original art: drawing
26 Jul 1853
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Panoramic view of Stockholm (right hand) with 860 and 861. original art: drawing
26 Jul 1853
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Stockholm harbour with Cathedral behind and much shipping. original art: drawing
26 Jul 1853
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'Near Gebel El Silsilis. 26 Jany 1854. 5 1/4 A.M. (135)'. This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 26 January 1854 at 5:15 in the afternoon, shows shipping on the vast expanse of the Nile with three traditional Egyptian cargo vessels sailing
26 January 1854
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'Near Gebel es Silsilas. 26 Jany. 5 1/2 P.M. 1854. (136)'. This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 26 January 1854 at 5:30 in the afternoon, shows the banks of the Nile with some tall palm trees to the left and a mountain-range stretching i
26 January 1854
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Tynemouth on Ascension Day. Some hand-colouring.
26 May 1854
National Maritime Museum

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