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A council-of-war on board the 'Delfland' off Buchan Ness, 17-27 August 1665. Here, the Dutch fleet is seen lying-by in a fresh breeze. In the centre is a starboard quarter view of the 'Delfland', surrounded by a crowd of boats. To the
1665
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De Ruyter's Voyage to Bergen, autumn 1665. The Dutch fleet before a light breeze on its way to Bergen 17/27 Aug 1665. In the left foreground, a starboard bow view of a galjoot with the wind on the starboard quarter. In the right middle-distance, an a
1665
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This Plan of the Harbour, Town and Forts of Porto Bello (taken by Edward Vernon Esqr Vice Admiral of the Blue on 22nd of November 1739. With six Men of War only) (with key). Print.
27 Mar 1740
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To the Honble Sir Charles Howard Lieut General...This Plate Being on one side, an exact stern-view of the Jason; on the other, the Head view of the Ruby, in the middle is that of the Diamond, three of the six French ships of war, taken by the British Flee
27 Mar 1750
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Commerce (captured 1777). No scale (possibly 1:48). Plan showing an incomplete inboard profile and part deck plan for Commerce (captured 1777), a captured French merchant ship taken by Alderney (1757), a 10-gun Ship Sloop. The ship was not approved for
27 September 1777
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Continuation of the coast, from Providence Harbour, in the Island Unalashka, on the N.W. coast of America Saturday 27 June 1778 N side. Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist and dated.
1778
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The Embarkation (caricature). Print. This is one of four illustrations by Scott for his account of 'The Five Days Peregrination', a journal of a trip to Kent made with Hogarth, Thornhill, and others in 1732 but only published in 1782. The view i
27 Nov 1781
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Count de Grasse delivering his sword to the Gallant Admiral Rodney (caricature). Hand-coloured.
27 May 1782
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The Habeas Corpus, or The Wild Geese flying away with Fox to America (caricature). Technique includes engraving.; Hand-coloured.; Plate No.9.
27 Aug 1782
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Labour in vain or let them tug & be Da-nd (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
27 Nov 1782
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Sketch of the works erected by the French on Richmond Hill Grenada. J.Brown Lt 27th Regt.. Single sheet. Ms. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:1 800 (bar). Cartographic Note: North at 282 degrees. Scale in yards. Additional Places: Caribbean. Content
1783
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Admiral Kempenfelt. Print
27 Apr 1786
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A View of the Table Mountain and Cape Town, at the Cape of Good Hope. Hand-coloured.
27 Nov 1787
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Perspective (bow) View of the Valiant Man of War (ship model). Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAH9184.
27 Jan 1791
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The 'Agamemnon' engaging four French frigates and a brig near Sardinia, 27 October 1793. The third, but second in order of events, in a series of ten drawings (PAF5871–PAF5874, PAF5876, PAF5880–PAF5881 and PAF5883–PAF5885) of m
1810
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A Plan of the Road of Cherbourg. Hand drawn chart. Breakwaters shown with three ships depicted sailing through them. Arcs of fire from fortifications. Soundings at anchorages. Medium includes pen and ink.
27 Apr 1795
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Plan of the Action between the British and Spanish Fleets, off Cape St Vincent, the 14th of February 1797. Print
27 Mar 1797
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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
1797-07-27
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26 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, section, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with inboard detail for a 6-oared 26 ft Yawl. Signed Edward Tippet [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, c1798-?].
Dated: 27 February 1798
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The Arrogant, Intrepid and Virginie chasing French and Spanish Squadron off coast of China, 27 January 1799. Signed by artist and dated.
1804
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Landing of English troops at Calantsoog, North Holland, 27 August 1799. The Rotterdam artist Langendijk was a painter and etcher, but is now known chiefly for his drawings. The landing of Anglo-Russian forces on the Dutch coast near Den Helder commanded b
1799
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Archer class (1800) of 58 12-gun Gunbrigs. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for the 58 ships of the Archer class (1800), 12-gun Gunbrigs built by contract. Reverse is annotated with a list of the builders and the
27 January 1801
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The Political Cocks (caricature). Hand-coloured.
27 Mar 1803
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Sailors in Westminster Abbey (caricature). Hand-coloured.
27 Aug 1804
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49ft Buoy Boat (1807). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed [and approved] for a forty-nine foot buoy boat for the Master Attendants of Plymouth Dockyard, built 1807. Signed
27 October 1804
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Lord Nelson, K.B. Duke of Bronte, &c. Slain in the hour of Victory, off Trafalgar, Oct. 21. 1805. From an original Painting by Abbott in the Possession of Will. Locker Esqr Lieut Govr. of Greenwich Hospl. Stipple engraving.
27 Nov 1805
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A View of the Funeral Procession by water from Greenwich to Whitehall Stairs Jany. 8 1806 with the body of the great Naval Hero Admiral Lord Nelson etc. Print. A view of the funeral procession by water from Greenwich to Whitehall Stairs. The procession is
27 Mar 1806
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Redwing (1806); Ringdove (1806); Sparrowhawk (1807); Eclair (1807). No scale, probably 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Redwing (1806), Ringdove (1806), Sparrowhawk (1807), and Eclair (1807), all 18-gun Brigs being built at Warren's, Brightling
27 May 1806
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Redwing (1806); Ringdove (1806); Sparrowhawk (1807); Eclair (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Redwing (1806), Ringdove (1806), Sparrowhawk (1807), and Eclair (1807), all 18-gun Brigs being built at Warren's, Brightlingsea. I
27 May 1806
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'Ld. Nelson receiving his Death Wound'. A naïve print showing the death of Nelson on the deck of the ‘Victory’. Nelson is portrayed in the centre having just received the fatal shot. A sailor prepares to catch him as he swoons.
Published 27 October 1806
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The Continental Dock-yard (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate 229.
27 Nov 1807
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The Continental Dock-yard (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate Part 8.
27 Nov 1807
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Sir Charles Hardy, Knt. Admiral of the White Squadron. Print
27 Feb 1808
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Wreck of the Travers, East-Indiaman, on a Rock near Sunken Island. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
27 May 1809
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Etchings... No.1, containing scenery on the River Thames. Rowing boat with shipped oars drawn up on a shore with other vessels and landscape beyond. Bound with PAF5129-PAF5135.; Signed by artist.
27 Nov 1809
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Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph... Forces... Against the Arabian Pirates No 12. The Attack on the Fort of Luft, Novr 27th 1809. Print
Apr 1813
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Thames Scene: rowing boat on shore with landscape beyond. Bound with PAF5128, PAF5130-PAF5135.; Signed by artist.
27 Nov 1809
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Thames Scene: small rowing boat covered with a tarpaulin. Bound with PAF5128-PAF5129, PAF5131-PAF5135.; Signed by artist.
27 Nov 1809
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George Darby Esqr. Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron And Rear Admiral of Great Britain. Print
27 Feb 1810
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Southampton (1757). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the elevation and plan for the steering apparatus as fitted to Southampton (1757), a 32-gun Fifth Rate Frigate; to an invention of Captain Lawson (Seniority, 21 October 1810, no ship assigned [Steel's Na
27 February 1811
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Henry, Lord Mulgrave. Print
27 Apr 1811
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Death of Lord Nelson. Print
27 Mar 1813
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'Princess Charlotte' (1825). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth as originally prepared for Princess Charlotte (1825), a 100/110-gun, First Rate, three-decker. The plan was altered in February 181
27 August 1813
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(Recto) Drawing of College barge on a sketching cruise Nettleston, Isle of Wight Sepr 27 1813 and drawing of Hardway Portsmouth Harbour Sepr 27th 1813 (Verso) Southsea Beach. No. 21 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801) (Recto) The two drawings on this sheet were dr
1813
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Commodore Decatur. Late Commander of the American Frigate President captur'd by HMS Endymion Captn Hope, off New York, 15th Jany 1815. Stipple engraving.
27 Mar 1815
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Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First at New York, 29th Octr 1814. The picture is inscribed "Launch of the Steam Frigate Fulton the First at New York, 29th Octr 1814" but H.I. Chapelle in the Mariner's Mirror vol XVIII writes: "
27 Mar 1815
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George III. Print
27 Apr 1816
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The bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816. 'The bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816'
1817
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The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816. In 1816 a squadron under Admiral Sir Edward Pellew was fitted out and sent to Algiers where they arrived, in company with a small Dutch squadron, on 27 August 1816. They sought the release of the British Consul,
1836
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The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816. This is the freely painted oil study of George Chambers Senior’s ‘The Bombardment of Algiers, 27 August 1816’ (BHC0617). In 1816 a squadron under Admiral Sir Edward Pellew was fitted out and s
circa 1836
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[Algiers - battle of 27 August 1816]. Single sheet. Ms. Scale: [ca. 1:4 500]. Cartographic Note: North at 67 degrees. Ungraduated. Soundings. Contents Note: Shows the town and harbour and positions of ships. Key with a list of ships and numbers of guns. S
1816
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Sir William Hamilton, K.B. F.R.S. Engraved by W T Fry from an original Drawing made at Naples by C Grignon. Print
27 Mar 1817
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Unnamed 60ft Sailing Mooring Lighter (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed sixty foot sinlge-masted sailing mooring lighter (no date) t
27 April 1819
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Unnamed 60ft Sailing Mooring Lighter (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck with platforms, for a proposed unnamed sixty foot sailing mooring lighter (no date) for the Cape of Good Hope. Signed by Henry Peake [Surveyor o
27 April 1819
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View of an old Hindoo Family Mansion at Ranaghaut in Bengal. Bound with PAF2693-PAF2697, PAF2699-PAF2720.
27 Sep 1819
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6 pounder Carronade fitted to Revenue Cutters. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing a plan and elevation illustrating the method of fitting a 6 pounder carronade to HM Revenue Cutters. Original signed J. Tucker [Surveyor of the Navy,1813-1833] and R. Seppings [Surv
Original plan dated: 27 Aug 1822
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'Victory' in Portsmouth Harbour, 1827. No. 21 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) Drawing inscribed in the upper right 'Victory April 27 – 1827 – Portsmouth Harbour.' Schetky made a number of drawings of 'Victory' as she
27 April 1827
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HMS 'Melville' and other shipping in Portsmouth Harbour, 1827. No. 59 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) Inscribed in the upper centre 'Melville 73 – in Portsmouth/harbour August 27 - 1827.' HMS 'Melville', 74 guns, was laun
27 August 1827
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Naval shipping in Portsmouth Harbour, 1827. No. 60 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) Inscribed in the upper right corner 'in Portsmouth harbour 27 Augst/1827.' The ship with the high stern in the centre of the drawing is not unlike the Odin, captured
27 August 1827
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Capstans on the beach at Brighton with a snatch block; nets and clothes drying, Apr 27 1830. Mounted with PAE5438, PAE5440.
27 Apr 1830
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32ft Barge for Vernon (1832). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the modified body plan, modified sheer lines with inboard detail, and modified longitudinal half-breadth for a 14-oared 32 ft Barge built for Vernon (1832), a 48-gun Frigate. The modifications refl
27 September 1832
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Ship Duke of Northumberland Capt W L Pope off the Cape March 27th 1834. Watercolour drawing of the British merchantman Duke of Northumberland (1831), inscribed on a sheet attached to verso: "Ship Duke of Northumberland, Capt W L Pope off the Cape Mar
27 Mar 1834
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Removal of Egyptian antiquities at British Museum, one of eleven drawings by E W Cooke's sisters, Laura and Georgiana, inscribed Removal of one of the Sarcophani, from the original sketch in the possession of Edd Hawkins Esq. Brit: Mus: made 27 May 1
1834
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HB Sketches No.479. Something between the sublime & the ridiculous, A conservative vision - a little premature (caricature). Print
27 Apr 1837
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Continuation of land extending South in about 75o S with packed ice. Antarctica, 25 Jan 1841 (continued from previous page). Bound with PAE9965-PAE9976, PAE9978-PAE9984.
25-27 Jan 1841
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Vulcan in a fresh breeze. Medium includes graphite and bodycolour.
27 Sep 1841
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Annotated drawing of 'Larkins East Indiaman, April 27th (Thursday) 1843'. No. 5 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801) If the inscription on PAH3777 is correctly read, Schetky made drawings of the 'Larkins' in the East India Docks. Schetky urged h
27 April 1843
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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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Sketch of Coral Haven - Louisiade Archipelago, June 27 1849. Drawing
27 Jun 1849
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'In Eimeo [Moorea, Society Islands], Augt 27th 1849'. No. 17 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. An inland view on Eimeo (Moorea) with the dramatically jagged peak of
27 August 1849
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Panorama of Eimeo [Moorea], Society Islands. No. 16 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. A fold-out panoramic outline drawing on five joined sheets, of which the second from right is stuck to the album page. Eimeo is one of the 18th- and 19th-cent
27 August 1849
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(Recto) 'Britannia' hove to in a calm to receive a boat, probably near Cape Carthage, flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Dundas, 27 April 1852; (Verso) HMS 'Vengeance' in Port Mahon, 26 May 1852. No. 19 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Rect
April - May 1852
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Plate I Baltic The English & French Fleets in the Baltic, 1854. English Fleet entering the Great Belt March 24th 1854. Hand-coloured.; Title also in French.
27 Nov 1854
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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 attack on Tung Chow? 27 May 1857. Bound with PAG3626-PAG3634, PAG3636-PAG3650.; Medium includes graphite.
27 May 1857
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Her Majesty's Iron Cased Screw Steam Frigate Warrior. Hand-coloured.
27 May 1861
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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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Dunster and Minehead from Blue Anchor Bay, Sept 27 1861. original art: drawing
27 Sep 1861
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Clipper ship Walmer Castle 1200 Tons. Print entitled 'Clipper ship Walmer Castle 1200 Tons'. It is hand coloured.
27 Aug 1862
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The stranding of the Anglo Saxon. Print
27 Apr 1863
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Venice. Novr. 27. 1865. (65). Medium includes watercolour.; Heightened with white.
27 November 1865
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Clipper Ship Ambassador, A.1. 16 Years... Wm Lund Esq & others (Owners) Wm Walker Esq (Builders). Print
27 May 1869
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Rudder buried in the sand. Drawing.
27 Sep 1869
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The Rescue of the Crew of the Cleopatra at dawn in the Bay of Biscay, October 15, from a sketch by Captain Carter of the Cleopatra.. An engraving titled 'The Rescue of the Crew of the Cleopatra at dawn in the Bay of Biscay, October 15', from a s
27 Oct 1877
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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
1881-07-27
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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.
1891-07-27
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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
1891-07-27
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HMS Gibraltar (1892); Warship; Cruiser. Scale: 1:48. A contemporary builder’s full hull model of the first-class protected cruiser ‘Gibraltar’ (1892), mounted on gold-plated turned brass pillars inside original display case. This is a hi
circa 1892
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. Inboard profile plan
27 Mar 1903
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Annotated rough sketches relating to mine-sweeping. original art: drawing
27 Aug 1914
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'In Honour of the British Navy. To Commemorate the Surrender of the German Fleet.'. This magazine print shows the triumphant figure of Britannia on a sea-horse emerging from the waves, with warships behind. It is a page extracted from the maga
27 November 1918
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