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Four views representing (As expressed beneath each) the arrival & departure &c &c of Their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent & The Princess Victoria when They visited Plymouth, in an excursion Their Royal Highnesses made August 1833, fr
1 Jan 1835
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Four views representing (As expressed beneath each) the arrival & departure &c &c of Their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent & The Princess Victoria, when They visited Plymouth, in an excursion Their Royal Highnesses made August 1833, f
1 Jan 1835
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The Arrival of Their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent & the Princess Victoria in Plymouth Sound, The 2nd of August 1835. Print
1 Jan 1835
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The Departure of Their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, from Devonport in the Emerald Yacht, towed by the Messenger steamer, 6th August 1833. Print
1 Jan 1835
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The Forte Frigate getting under weigh in Plymouth Sound with Their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent and The Princess Victoria on board, 5th of August 1833 to Visit the Eddystone light House. Plate 3.
1 Jan 1835
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The Forte Frigate getting under weigh in Plymouth Sound with Their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent and The Princess Victoria on board, 5th of August 1833 to Visit the Eddystone light House. Print
1 Jan 1835
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Their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent and The Princess Victoria's approach to The King's Stairs at Devonport Dock Yard, The 2nd August 1833. Print
1 Jan 1835
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The yacht 'Falcon' off Spithead with the Royal Yacht Squadron. Inscribed: “The Right Honourable Lord Yarborough's Yacht, the ‘Falcon’ of 351 tons. Off Spithead with the Royal Yacht Squadron, on their Voyage to Cherbourg.&n
10 Jan 1835
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. Scale: Unknown. A sectional model of the midship gun deck on a warship (circa 1836), incorporating two gun ports. The exterior bulwarks and capping are painted black whilst the interior is white and the gun deck is finished in a creamy white and varni
circa 1836
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Terrestrial floor globe. Terrestrial floor globe. Geographical details on the sphere are the same as Cary GLB0242 but updated to 1836. The reference to Mackenzie in North America has been removed; in the south polar region five labels have been added, inc
Plate produced: 1816; Globe assembled: 1836
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The Neptune, Captn Alfred Broadhurst in a hurricane 2nd Feby 1835.... Hand-coloured.
1 Jan 1836
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Hart (fl.1836). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the sail plan for the Hart (fl.1836), a Tender. The plan includes a table of Yard and Mast dimensions. Signed J. Peck [Master Shipwright].
7 January 1836
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Vestal (1833). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an elevation with description for the fitting of a chane around the rudder of Vestal (1836), a 28-gun Fifth Rate Frigate.
16 January 1836
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HM Corvette Orestes at anchor (in a storm) Malaga, Jany 1837. Mounted on page with PAI4356, and in album with PAI4334-PAI4356, PAI4358-PAI4597.
Jan 1837
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Arrival of the Lord High Admiral in Portsmouth Harbour, July 31st 1827. Technique includes etching.; Stored in mount with PAD5980.
1 Jan 1837
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Shipbuilding at Blackwall. Medium includes watercolour.
1 Jan 1837
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The Howe 120 Guns in the Medway. Port Broadside view of the 1st rate, 120-gun Howe in ordinary anchored in the Medway. Two cutters are along side. Various other vessels are shown, including a stern view of another in ordinary, one under full sail and anot
1 Jan 1837
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The Warspite and Musquito Brig, Saluting His R.H. the Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, in the Royal Sovereign on his Approach to Spithead on the Evening of July 30 1827. Technique includes engraving.; Mounted with PAD6071.
1 Jan 1837
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Visit of William the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth In the year 1827, with Views of the Russian Squadron, by Henry Moses. Plate 2: The Warspite and Musquito Brig Saluting His R.H. the Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admir
1 Jan 1837
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Visit of William the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth In the year 1827, with Views of the Russian Squadron, by Henry Moses. Plate 3: The Lord High Admiral returning from his inspection of the Warspite. July 31 1827. Techni
1 Jan 1837
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Visit of William the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth In the year 1827, with Views of the Russian Squadron, by Henry Moses. Plate 4 [?]: The Lightning Steamer bringing the Royal Sovereign into Portsmouth Harbour July 31 18
1 Jan 1837
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Visit of William the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth In the year 1827, with Views of the Russian Squadron, by Henry Moses. Plate 5 [?]: Arrival of the Lord High Admiral in Portsmouth Harbour, July 31st 1827. Technique inc
1 Jan 1837
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Cable compressor. No scale. A plan showing the cut away elevation and plan view from below deck of the upper chain compressor approved by the Board of Admiralty as the upper compressor for all His Majesty's Ships, but later not to be adopted until fu
January 1837
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Violet (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail (and leeboards), and longitudinal half-breadth for Violet (1835), a Tender to HMS Survey Sloop Fairy (1826), as taken off at Sheerness Dockyard by Admiralty Order, 19
20 January 1837
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Unnamed 122ft three-masted merchant ship (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for unnamed 122ft three-masted merchant ship (no date). A pencil note records she was not built.
1838 or later
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Rear-Admiral Sir Lambton Loraine, 11th Bt, 1838-1917. Loraine joined the Navy in 1852 and from April 1854 was a midshipman in the frigate 'Trincomalee' (today preserved as a museum ship at Hartlepool). From 1859 to 1862 he was a lieutenant in th
1884
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Scipion, Dartmouth and Brisk at the Battle of Navarino, 20 Oct 1827. Hand-coloured.; Plate no.2.
18 Jan 1838
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Griffon (1832). Scale: 1:12. Plan showing the section and plan of the sliding carriage, and the elevation of the carriage with the gun mounted illustrating how the cannon (side gun) was fitted amidships on Griffon (1832), a 10-gun Brigantine. Signed by
25 January 1838
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HMS Queen (1839); Warship; First rate; 110 guns. Scale: 1:24. A midship sectional model of the 110-gun first rate ship HMS Queen (1839) made entirely in wood with metal fittings and painted in realistic colours. The model is made to show the four gundecks
circa 1839
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The Amy Stockdale - off Dover. Hand-coloured.
Jan 1839
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This Print representing the steam Tug Victoria... taking off part of the Passengers & Crew from the Wreck of the ship Lockwoods on the evening of the 8th of January 1839, in defiance of the fiercest gale.... Technique includes scratching out.; Hand-co
Jul 1839
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Actaeon (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Actaeon (1831), a 28-gun Sixth Rate Sloop. Graduated Bar Scale. Profile of internal fittings of the Actaeon. Signatures: W. Blake (top) and James Wicker (bottom left).
23rd January 1839
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Admiral Sir Robert Stopford (1768-1847). A three-quarter length portrait to right wearing admiral’s undress uniform, with the ribbon and star of the GCB and the ribbon of the San Domingo Medal. His right hand is on his hip and his left rests on a pa
1840s
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Greenwich, Kent. (Royal Hospital). This view from the Isle of Dogs is an ingenious adaptation of Stanfield's plate 48 (see PAD2232) in Cooke's series 'London and its Vicinity', completed in 1834, with a paddle steamer inserted between
about 1840
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Planetary System. This coloured lithograph presents an image of the solar system, up to the planet Uranus. Surrounding the central diagram are four images: a telescope, a globe, a sundial and a book. The telescope appears with the names Galileo and Metius
1830-1836
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The British Navy The Armed Schooner. Larboard tack - Broadside view - blowing fresh. Set of ten views (one missing), others are PAF5022-PAF5029.
1840s
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The Palace of Greenwich. Gentleman's Magazine Vol XIII. Technique includes etching. The Palace of Placentia at Greenwich with the river in the foreground. It was here that Henry VIII's daughters, Queen Mary and Elizabeth I, were born in 1516 a
Jan 1840
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Pacific Ocean - Galapagos Islands surveyed by Captn. Robt. Fitz Roy R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. Beagle 1836.. Single sheet. Physical description note: missing corner consolidated. Scale: [ca.1:450 000]. Cartographic note: Graduated. Variation shown. C
1841; [1846]
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher (1841-1920), 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone. Plaster maquette of Epstein's bronze bust of Fisher commissioned by the Duchess of Hamilton in 1915. It shows him, head and torso with a flat base at lower-r
1916
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher (1841 - 1920), 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone. Inscribed, top left ,'LORD FISHER/ JUNE 1916' , and top right 'DODD / 1916'. Fisher is shown aged 75, almost half-length, facing out but seated sidewa
June 1916
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Appearance at Noon 12 Jany 1841 of the small detached islands at the Eastern extremity on the N. side of the newly discovered lands - Lat 71-30. Bound with PAE9965-PAE9974, PAE9976-PAE9984.
12 Jan 1841
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Coulman Island. Discovered 17 Jan 1841. Medium includes bodycolour and graphite.
1841
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Panoramic view of newly discovered lands, Lat 71-30, Victoria Land, Antarctica, 11 Jan 1841, with topographical notes (continued from previous page). Bound with PAE9965-PAE9975, PAE9977-PAE9984.
12-25 Jan 1841
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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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Beaufort Island and Mount Erebus. Discovered 28 Jan 1841. Medium includes bodycolour and graphite.
1841
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Two panoramic views of Mount Terror and Mount Erebus seen at 10-40 then at 1-40pm, '28 Jany: 1841 - Lat at Noon - 76o 58' S By obsn.' (on reverse and continued onto next page). Bound with PAE9965-PAE9977, PAE9979-PAE9984.
28 Jan 1841
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Chinese junk flag. An Imperial Chinese junk flag captured during the First China War 1839-42. It is part of a collection belonging to Sir Robert Oliver (1783-1848), Superintendent of the Indian Navy. The hand sewn flag is made of silk with a cotton hoist.
circa 1842
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Chinese junk flag. An Imperial Chinese junk flag captured during the First China War 1839-42. It is part of a collection belonging to Sir Robert Oliver (1783-1848), Superintendent of the Indian Navy. The hand sewn flag is made of silk with a cotton hoist.
circa 1842
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Chinese junk flag. An Imperial Chinese junk flag captured during the First China War 1839-42. It is part of a collection belonging to Sir Robert Oliver (1783-1848), Superintendent of the Indian Navy. The hand sewn flag is made of silk with a cotton hoist.
circa 1842
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Chinese junk flag. An Imperial Chinese junk flag captured during the First China War 1839-42. It is part of a collection belonging to Sir Robert Oliver (1783-1848). A hand sewn triangular flag with an indented edge. It is made of green, crepe-woven sil
circa 1842
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Chinese junk pennant. An Imperial Chinese junk pennant captured during the First China War 1839-42. It is part of a collection belonging to Sir Robert Oliver (1783-1848), Superintendent of the Indian Navy. The hand sewn flag is made of damask woven silk
circa 1842
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A gale in the pack, 20 Jan 1842. Medium includes bodycolour and graphite.
20 Jan 1842
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Medal commemorating the 350th anniversary of Christopher Columbus, 1842. Medal commemorating the 350th anniversary of Christopher Columbus, 1842. Obverse: Bust of the discoverer Columbus cloaked (right), cloak open at the front above armour. Legend: 
1842
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Sketches of profile and stern of a brigantine? and topographical sketch of Cape Finisterre...1843. No. 2 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801) The coastal profile on the lower part of the sheet is drawn in the manner in which naval officers were required to draw dis
1843 & 1865
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Petty Officer 1st Class arm badge. Embroidered badge belonging to a Petty Officer 1st Class of 'HMS Eurydice' 1843. Cloth embroidered in navy wool with two stripes, crossed anchors and a crown. With an associated label inscribed: 'Ist Class
1843
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Honoratiss: D'Algernon Percy Com. Northumberland [Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland]. Text in German on reverse.
1844
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32 ft Pinnace. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the plan and profile for a 12 pounder Carronade and slide; and the body plan, profile with inboard detail, deck plan, and stern profile for a 32 ft Pinnace as fitted with a 12 pounder Carronade in the bow, but wit
Deleted date: 12 January 1844; new date: 19 January 1844
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Eugene Sue served at the battle of Navarino. Print
13 Jan 1844
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. Two eyepiece lens caps of sextant tubes. One has a clear lens, the other is a yellow shade. The clear-glass eyepiece has screw thread on the outside of the brass fitting, the other on the inside. The objects are relics of Sir John Franklin’s ill-
1845 or earlier
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Inscr. 'Coreglano?'. 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 his travels, but it is evident
1845–46
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Landscape with ruins, Italy. 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 his travels, but it is evident th
1845–46
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Temple of Vesta, Rome. Inscr. 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 his travels, but it is evident t
1845–46
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The Barque Elena 311 tons, Captain Thornton off Dungeness. Hand-coloured.
Jan 1845
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The Great Telescope... Erected at Birr Castle in Ireland, by Earl of Rosse, President of the Royal Society. The image shows William Parsons (1800–67), the third Earl of Rosse, directing the placing of the mirror into an enormous telescope he had had
1845 or later
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Udine. Inscr. 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 his travels, but it is evident that the places t
1845–46
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View of an Italian town set against mountains, inscribed ' Pordenone - Trees golden colour'. Throughout his career as a painter, Edward Cooke travelled extensively in Europe, visiting France, Holland, Italy, Spain, North Africa and Scandinavia.
1845–46
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Letter written by John and Phoebe Diggle to their son John Diggle on board HMS TERROR.. Letter written by John and Phoebe Diggle to their son John Diggle, ship's cook on board HMS TERROR. The letter went with one of the expeditions that was sent in
1845
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Study of the hull of the 'Elizabeth' yacht, Southampton, 1845. No. 66 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) Drawing inscribed in the upper centre 'Elizabeth yacht – Southampton/Jany 4th 1845', with colour notes, etc in the upper right.
4 January 1845
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Marine Francaise a Vapeur The Transatlantique. Hand-coloured.
31 Jan 1845
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English Academy Rome life study of male nude standing with left foot on a box labelled 'Prime Mess Beef 120 lbs warranted to keep in any climate except America', left elbow on left knee and right hand on left shin, viewed from right of model. Dr
Jan 1846
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English Academy Rome life study of male nude with right arm up and left arm down holding a cane, viewed from the right of the model. Drawing
Jan 1846
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HMS Constance (1846); Warship; Frigate; Fourth rate; 50 guns. Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of the sailing frigate HMS 'Constance’ (1846). The model is highly detailed both on deck including guns, spare spars, boats and shot garla
Circa 1846
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[back of a track chart of voyages to India]. Single sheet, On what used to be the back of the chart there are four columns of text recording a voyage outbound to India in 1852 and a return voyage in 1855, noting incidents including deaths, dancing, and t
1846; 1829
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A chart showing the track of H.M. sloop Larne. I.W.D.Brisbane, Esq. Commander. from the 1st of January, 1846 to the 27th of June, 1847.. Single sheet. Manuscript drawn in ink, with grey watercolour shading. Scale: [circa 1:14,000,000 (lat)]. The chart has
1847
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English Academy Rome life study of male nude with right arm up and left arm down, left foot on toes, viewed from right of model. Drawing
6 Jan 1846
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English Academy Rome life study of male nude with right arm up and left arm down, left foot on toes, viewed from left of model. Drawing
8 Jan 1846
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Bermuda (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and midship framing, longitudinal half-breadth, and midship section proposed (and approved) for building Bermuda (1848), a 3-gun Schoon
10 January 1846
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Bermuda (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck, with some pencil alterations, for Bermuda (1848), a 3-gun Schonner to be built at Bermuda. Signed by William Symonds [Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1848].
10 January 1846
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Bermuda (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with later design alterations, for Bermuda (1848), a 3-gun Schooner to be built at Bermuda.
10 January 1846
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English Academy Rome life study of male nude with right arm up and left arm down, left foot on toes, viewed from front of model. Drawing
13 Jan 1846
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Sarawak. Print
15 Jan 1846
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Adieu de la Reine d' Angleterre a la Marine Francaise. Hand-coloured. depiction: clothing, outerwear: uniform, marine's [French navy]
31 Jan 1846
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Study of a pair of feet crossed at the ankles. This 'study of a pair of feet crossed at the ankles' was done by Louisa Herschel when she was 12 years old; it is signed and dated. While its possible that she or one of her sisters posed for this,
4 January 1847
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Study of the head and shoulders of a young woman with her hair swept back. This 'study of the head and shoulders of a young woman with her hair swept back' was done when Louisa was 12 years old. The 'young woman' in question would pro
4 January 1847
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124. Marine chronometer
1848-9
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1853. The dial has roman hour numerals and the seconds dial has Arabic ten-second figures with straight batons at alternate five second intervals. The dial is signed across the centre: ‘John Poole / MAKER TO THE ADMIRALTY, / London No.1853’. T
1848-9
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Chart of the harbour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Stored loosely in the front of Fanshawe's album of watercolours of the Baltic, Mediterranean, Scotland, Switzerland and Burma (PAI4671). Items fixed in the album are numbered PAI4673-PAI4716. This one (
probably 1849
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'The Puntinha, Madeira, Jany 1st 1849. Taking a look at one's ship'. No. 1 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52 (following the unnumbered PAI4605). Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This drawing is
1 January 1849
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HMS Rattlesnake passing Curtis Island, Jany 19 '49. Medium includes bodycolour.; Technique includes scraped highlights.
19 Jan 1849
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Medal commemorating the North and South Holland Life-Saving Society; 25th anniversary. Medal commemorating the North and South Holland Life-Saving Society; 25th anniversary. Obverse: Within an oak wreath tied with a bow, inscription: Founded in the year 1
1849
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'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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'Vanguard', 'St Vincent' and a Royal Yacht at Spithead, 1850s. William Joy frequently collaborated on watercolours with his brother John. This example, however, appears to be all William's work and he achieves atmospheric effect w
1850s
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. Black transfer-printed plate of the Crimean War period, depicting Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860) on deck in full dress uniform holding a telescope and pointing to a chart of the Baltic with his right hand. The ship's mast, shrouds, and a dr
1850s
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Design for a 205ft, 90-gun Seond Rate, three-decker (no date).. Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sternboard outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 205ft, 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. It was recorded that she was 200 tons
No date, possibly 1850
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Henry Flack, Seaman, Royal Navy. An ambrotype photographic portrait. A three-quarter length portrait of Henry Flack, seaman, seated in a chair with his right hand clasped over his left resting between his thighs. He is wearing a dark long-tailed coat an
1850s
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HMS ‘Ganges’, 84 Guns, off Valparaiso, late-1850s(?). ‘Ganges’, shown in port-broadside view, dominates the picture, riding at anchor in a calm, against a backdrop suggestive of a naval base or shoreside warehousing. Inscribed be
late-1850s
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Portait of Joseph Edwin Moore, seaman. A hand-tinted ambrotype, photographic miniature. A half-length portrait of Joseph Edwin Moore. He is wearing a dark jacket and shirt with a blue scarf. Moore is looking at the camera. He is believed to have run away
1850s
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Portrait Ambrotype of Joseph Edwin Moore. A photographic ambrotype quarter plate. A full length photograph of Joseph Edwin Moore standing in front of a brick building with a window and garden trellis against the wall. The sitter is wearing pale trousers a
1850s
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The Greenwich Pensioner. Wood engraving of a Greenwich Pensioner seated to the right, leaning on a stick held between his knees in his right hand, smoking a pipe and with his face shaded by his hat - though not enough to conceal a red drinker's nose.
probably 1850s
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Unidentified seated male figure. A collodion positive (Ambrotype). A full length portrait of an unidentified male figure seated in a cloth covered arm chair. He is wearing a dark suit with a medal pinned to his left breast. His arms are resting on the
1850s-1860s
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