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. Medical equipment belonging to Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackletons last two expeditions. Set of ten stainless steel safety pins (three large; one medium; 3 medium-small; 3 small). Contained in plated steel tube with slide-o
pre 1914
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. Medical equipment belonging to Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackletons last two expeditions. Small glass syringe (lacking plunger), with two needles, in purpose-made brown leather case fitted with retaining tubes for needles an
pre 1914
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. Surgical instruments belonging to Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackleton's last two expeditions. Set of three stainless steel scalpels and curettes by Weiss, London and one by Allen & Hanbury's, London. In red vel
pre 1914
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. These heavy prismatic binoculars have a brass body with bakelite eyepieces. Each eyepiece focusses independently and has a choice of two different eyepiece lenses (the larger marked '12x') that rotate into place. There are brass caps and slidi
about 1914
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7709. A marine chronometer numbered 7709, by A. Johannsen & Co. It has a two-day full-plate fusee movement with four pillars, all fixed with blued screws. The movement is marked with the broad arrow and the number 7709. The fusee, with stop-work and H
1914–17
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First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Dining Saloon, on the Upper Deck; a view from the port side, looking towards the passenger
January 1914
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First Class Dining Saloon on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Dining Saloon, on the Upper Deck; a view of the central area, looking forward. The room wa
January 1914
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First Class Entrance Hall on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the Entrance Hall at the after end of First Class accommodation on the Bridge Deck and balustraded stairs u
January 1914
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First Class Entrance on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Entrance on the Shelter Deck (a view looking across to the starboard side). The hall is lined wi
January 1914
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First Class Lounge on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Lounge, on the Promenade Deck; a view from the port side, looking towards the passenger elevator a
January 1914
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First Class Pantry on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior on the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Pantry, on the Upper Deck (a view looking across to the port side). The hot press and bain-marie u
January 1914
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First Class Promenade on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Promenade on the port side of the Promenade Deck; a view looking aft, with the exterior of the
January 1914
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First Class Promenade on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Promenade on the port side of the Promenade Deck; a view looking forward, with the exterior of
January 1914
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First Class Reading Room on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Reading Room, on the Promenade Deck. A view looking across to the starboard side, showing th
January 1914
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First Class Smoking Room on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Smoking Room, on the Promenade Deck; a view of the central area under the raised roof and sk
January 1914
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First Class Smoking Room on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914); showing the First Class Smoking Room, on the Promenade Deck. This is a view of the central area under the raised ro
January 1914
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First Class stateroom on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Cabin interior on the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing a single berth stateroom in First Class accommodation, probably on the Bridge Deck. This is cabin number
January 1914
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First Class Verandah Café on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the First Class Verandah Café, on the Promenade Deck; a view looking across to the port side
January 1914
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Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, South Georgia. A view of the ice cliffs at the foot of the Hamberg Glacier, Moraine Fjord, on South Georgia. Hurley took photographs of South Georgia when they stayed on the island between 5 November and 5 December 1914 in
November - December 1914
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Ironing Room on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the Ironing Room, adjacent to the Wash House on the Aft Boat Deck (a view looking aft). The Decoudun machine for ironin
January 1914
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Night scene with steam vessels. This very fluid, dark watercolour study, appears to depicts night manoeuvres, with the two darkened ships on the right using searchlights to illuminate an opponent, but the types of vessel are not identifiable.
1914-18 or earlier
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Passenger Galley on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the central part of the Passenger Galley, between the engine and boiler casings on the Upper Deck (a view looking ac
January 1914
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Second Class Music Room on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the Second Class Music Room, on the Bridge Deck; a view from the port side, looking towards the piano and boo
January 1914
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Study of heaving the starboard anchors home on HMS 'Iron Duke'. Inscribed by the artist 'Iron Duke' and 'Heave anchors home'. This loose wash study is a fairly accurae depiction of the starboard bow of the battleship 'Ir
1914 or later
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The Pool, London, Jan 1914. The Pool of London, from a warehouse near the south end of the Tower Bridge, looking towards warehouses and wharves on the north bank. The Pool of London today looks quite different. It is more significant for sites such as Tow
Jan 1914
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Third Class Dining Saloon on the 'Llandovery Castle' (1914). Interior of the passenger liner 'Llandovery Castle' (1914) showing the Third Class Dining Saloon, on the Shelter Deck; a view from the starboard side, looking towards the ser
January 1914
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Iron Cross 2nd Class (Military). Facsimile. Pressed metal of obverse side only. A cross pattee painted black with unpainted rim. The Royal cypher "W" in the centre, Imperial Crown at the top & date "1914" at bottom. Fitted with a l
1914
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. Inboard profile plan
20 Jan 1914
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. Lower deck plan
20 Jan 1914
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'A Torpedoed cruiser escorted to port': HMS 'Dublin' in the Adriatic, June 1915. Inscribed, as title, and signed by the artist, lower right, this drawing was reproduced in Wyllie and M.F. Wren's 'Sea Fights of the Great War
probably 1915
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. Bail Weight for the Sperry Gyro compass
c1915
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Engineer lieutenant William Waters, R.N.. An oval photographic miniature of Engineer Lieutenant William Waters, RN. The miniature is a head/shoulders portrait with the sitter looking at the camera in his naval uniform but without his cap. Waters was kille
pre 1915
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Three British destroyers moored alongside each other. Three destroyers, moored tight alongside each other, seen from the stern. It is not possible to identify the specific type but the date is 1915 or later, from the fighting lights fitted to the lower ya
1915 or later
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Study for HMS 'Aurora's' 6-inch gun in action at the Battle of the Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915. Inscribed 'Aurora's 6 inch gun in action / Dogger Bank', and signed by the artist, lower right. It also bears technical notes on
probably 1915
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Marham Air Station. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower left. The Marham Air Station, in Norfolk, opened in August 1916 as a military night landing ground for the Royal Flying Corps. It closed in 1919. It was home to 51 Squadron flying R.A.F. (Royal A
1916 -19
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On board the destroyer Laforey (1913) at moorings in Harwich harbour. On board the destroyer LAFOREY (1913) of the 9th Destroyer Flotilla while she is at moorings in Harwich harbour in mid 1916. The GANGES shore establishment at Shotley is in the backgro
mid 1916
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Medal of Military Merit, 2nd class 1916-17. Obverse: Round plaque edged with a wreath of laurel, superimposed upon a Greek cross with inscribed arms and a phoenix in the centre, with two swords placed saltirewise under the cross. Reverse: "ELLAS 1916
1917
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Caledon (1916). Scale 1:24. A plan showing the body plan redrawn following laying-off full-scale in mould loft for the light cruiser HMS Caledon (1916). The plan was modified in red, dated 2 February 1916 (flare to forecastle deck increased at SS 1 &
6 January 1916
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Capt. L.E.G. Oates, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. No 3. from Players cigarette cards, second series of 25, 'Polar Exploration'. Front: 'Players Cigarettes CAPTAIN OATES. Reverse: 'Capt. L.E.G. Oates, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. He was in c
1916
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Cape Helles, Jan 9th 1916 after the evacuation of Gallipoli Peninsula. H.M.S. Edgar, Grafton and torpedo boats completing work of demolition. Signed by artist.
9 Jan 1916
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. Cellulose-based plastic plotting instrument for air navigation. The protractor is square with a central circular degree scale marked from 0 to 360 in degrees. Along the top and bottom edges are scales in metres and yards (corresponding to scales commonl
about 1917
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. Slide rule made of boxwood, with a celluloid covering and a metal cursor with cellulose-based plastic window. The slide rule has two scales, one marked for distance (from 4000 to 20000), the other for angle. It is used to solve oblique-angled triangles
about 1917
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HMS 'Roberts', monitor. Inscribed by the artist, lower left, 'Roberts', this is a reasonably accurate and good quality study of the monitor 'Roberts' (1915), under way in almost starboard-broadside view. It was probably done
probably 1917
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'1st Battle squadron in North Sea'. Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right. This is 1st Battle Squadron of R-class and 'Iron Duke'-class battleships in the North Sea in 1917. It is essentially a study of the distant appearance
1917
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Badge and star: Order of the British Empire, 1st class (civil). Order of the British Empire, Dame Grand Cross awarded to Dame Katherine Furse in 1917. Badge: A silver-gilt cross patonce enamelled blue. Obverse: In the centre, the seated figure of Britan
1917
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Badge: Royal Victorian Order, 1st class. Badge: uniface. A gold Maltese cross of eight points enamelled white, in the centre of which as an oval of crimson enamel with the cypher "V.R.I." in gold letters. Encircling this is a blue enamel riband
1917
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Miniature: Royal Victorian Order, 1st class. Awarded to Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton in 1917. Badge: uniface. A gold Maltese cross of eight points enamelled white, in the centre of which as an oval of crimson enamel with the cypher "V.R.I.&q
1917
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Star: Royal Victorian Order, 1st class. Star: a silver chipper star of eight points charged with the badge (worn on the left breast).
1917
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Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (civil). Neck badge. Silver gilt cross patonce enamelled blue grey on reverse. Obverse: In the centre Britannia within a red enamelled band bearing motto "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE". Reverse: The Royal
1917
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Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (civil). Neck badge. Silver gilt cross patonce the arms enamelled blue grey on reverse. In the centre within a circle enamelled red the motto "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE" gilt conjoined busts of King Geo
after 1937
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Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (civil). Neck badge. Silver gilt cross patonce with blue grey enamel on reverse only . Obverse: In the centre Britannia within a red enamelled band bearing motto "FOR GOD AND THE EMPIRE". Reverse: Th
1917
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Badge: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (civil). Neck badge. Silver gilt cross pattonee with blue grey enamel on reverse only . Suspended from a purple ribbon. Obverse: In the centre Britannia within a red enamelled band bearing motto "FOR GOD
1917
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Miniature: Order of the British Empire, 3rd class (military). Miniature of MED1291. Awarded to Capt.C.W.Thomas CBE. RN. Can be found in MED1291.1.
1917
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. A plotting intrument for air navigation that orginally consisted of three parts: a circular plastic disc approximately 150mm in diameter with a square grid drawn on it; a circular plastic disc approximately 150mm in diameter, marked in degrees from 0 to
about 1918
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. These prismatic binoculars have a leather-covered body (of which much of the leather is now missing) and two loops for a carrying strap, now missing. There is also a canvas cap for the eyepieces, held on with metal springs. The two eyepiece tubes are fo
about 1918
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Cabin Class Dining Saloon on the 'Melita' (1918). Interior of the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Dining Saloon, on the Awning Deck (D Deck); a view of the central area under the well, looking towards the stairs
January 1918
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Cabin Class Drawing Room on the 'Melita' (1918). Interior of the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Drawing Room, on the starboard side of the Promenade Deck (B Deck); a view looking towards the Writing Recess at t
January 1918
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Cabin Class Lounge on the 'Melita' (1918). Interior of the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Lounge, on the Promenade Deck (B Deck); a view from the port side. A grand piano appears in the background. The main Ca
January 1918
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Cabin Class Lounge on the 'Melita' (1918). Interior of the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Lounge, on the Promenade Deck (B Deck); a view from the starboard side. A grand piano appears in the background. The ma
January 1918
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Cabin Class Promenade on the 'Melita' (1918). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Promenade on the starboard side of the Promenade Deck (B Deck). A view looking aft, with the bay window of the Cabin
January 1918
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Cabin Class Promenade on the 'Melita' (1918). Deck view on the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Promenade on the starboard side of the Promenade Deck (B Deck). A view looking forward, with the bay window of the C
January 1918
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Cabin Class Smoking Room on the 'Melita' (1918). Interior of the passenger liner 'Melita' (1918) showing the Cabin Class Smoking Room, on the Promenade Deck (B Deck); a view of the central area, looking towards the fireplace at the for
January 1918
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HMS 'Australia': bow view, alongside a quay. The battlecruiser 'Australia' was built by John Brown & Co at Clydebank, launched on 25 October 1911 and completed in June 1913. This reasonably accurate drawing shows her as fitted in
early 1918
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HMS 'Vindictive'. A watercolour study of the 'Vindictive', seen from off the port bow, as fitted out for the raid on Zeebrugge on 23 April 1918. It has been squared up witha ruled grid, probably for enlarging to a significantly bigger
1918/ 1920s
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HMS 'Vindictive'. An annotated watercolour study of the 'Vindictive', seen from off the port bow, as fitted out for the raid on Zeebrugge on 23 April 1918. Like PAE1864 it is squared up, probably for enlarging, and is taken from a sli
1918/1920s
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Studies of a monitor ('M24', 'M25' or 'M26'). Five separate studies, two of the complete ship and three of details, but all of the same craft - a 7.5-inch-gunned monitor built by Sir Raylton Dixon at Middlesbrough, on the R
probably 1918
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Kusu Bay. H.M. Monitor's Raglan and '28' sunk Jany 20 1918 by the Goeben and Breslau. H.M.S. Edgar's divers at work. Signed by artist.
20 Jan 1918
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. Stainless steel forceps with slot slide hold. Souvenir from the German light cruiser 'Emden', which was interned at Scapa Flow in 1919. Although the crew attempted to scuttle her like the rest of the German fleet, the British ran the ship agro
circa 1919
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Badge: Order of Leopold, 4th class (military). Eight pointed gold rimmed white enamel cross, a gold ball on each point. A green enamel wreath round the cross. Obverse; On a balck medallion, a gold lion rampant. On a red band round the centre medallion: &
1919
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Badge: Order of Leopold, 4th class (military). Eight pointed gold rimmed white enamel cross, a gold ball on each point. A green enamel wreath round the cross. Obverse: A gold rampant Belgian lion surrounded by a redband with the gold motto: 'UNION FA
1919
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. Cross section of a mercury box for the Sperry Mark II Gyro Compass
c1920
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. Lens cap for the naval telescope.
1920s
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. Part of the mainsail of the Mariquita built in 1911.
early 1920
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Arm badge, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1853, Leading Rating. Leading Rating's arm badge.
1920s
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Card's Traverse Calculator. Card's Traverse Calculator comprises a grid with a movable plastic rule, which is attached by a rivet to the lower left corner. Instructions for its use are printed on the bottom. The instrument is used to calculate t
about 1920
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Greenwich (Queen's House and Royal Naval College). An aerial perspective over the east side of the Queen's House and part of its east colonnade towards the Queen Mary Court of the Royal Naval College, whose dome is just included on the left. The
probably 1924
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Greenwich (Royal Observatory). A looser study from the same viewpoint as PAE2038, showing slightly less of the Meridian Building. The railings of the kissing gate leading to the path round the north side of Flamsteed House are in this case sketched in, lo
probably 1924
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Greenwich (Royal Observatory). A pencil study from the east, from below the brow of the hill, showing the Great Equatorial building on the left with Flamsteed House seen through winter trees beyond, centre. The date must be between 1919, when the time-bal
probably 1924
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Greenwich Observatory. A winter-time study from the Octagon Room looking toward the old courtyard gate and lodge, with the Great Equatorial building and 28-inch telescope dome on the right, as far as the outline of the Airy Transit Room. Figures and bare
probably 1924
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Greenwich Observatory. An evocative pencil sketch of the Royal Observatory from the east in its working days, before Second World War bomb damage and later restoration. A clutter of modern scientific instruments adorns the roof of Flamsteed House, as well
probably 1924
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Grindelwald. Grindelwald is a Swiss ski resort south-east of Interlaken. Although the Wyllies were married in Swizterland in 1879, this and other watercolours of the resort in the collection are the only evidence available that they had a holiday there, p
1920s
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Grindelwald. Wyllie and his wife were married in Switzerland in 1879. This watercolour, painted much later perhaps during a skiing holiday at Grindelwald in the 1920s, skilfully captures the effects of winter snow in the Alps.
1920s
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La Rochelle: fishing boats at the Quai des Dames, in front of the fish market. The view looks north from the basin of the inner harbour of La Rochelle, across the Quai des Dames and up the Rue Saint-Jean-du-Perot to the 17th-century entrance of the fish
1920s
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La Rochelle: fishing boats at the Quai des Dames, in front of the fish market. This is a looser and more subdued version of BHC1408, for which it may be a preliminary study: see that entry for fuller information. Two other examples (BHC1846 and BHC1852) a
1920s
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La Rochelle: fishing boats at the Quai des Dames. Previously titled ' A fishing vessel', this is one of several such harbour studies by Everett, all apparently of what used to be the main fish-landing wharf at La Rochelle, the broad Quai des Dam
1926
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La Rochelle: fishing boats in the harbour. Previously titled 'Harbour Scene, France', this painting appears to be one of four showing fishing boats airing their sails at or off the Quai des Dames, the north side of the inner harbour at La Rochel
1926
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Oval silver arm badge from the Doggett Race 1920. Oval silver arm badge (brassard) won at the annual Doggett Race 1920. The badge is embossed with a running horse (depicting the white horse of Hanover) and above it the word 'Liberty' represente
1920-21
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Portsmouth Point. Old Portsmouth is seen across Portsmouth Harbour from the west, with the Round Tower and the entrance to the harbour on the right. Beyond the two sailing boats is the Tower House, the Wyllies' home from 1906. Wyllie has painted this
late 1920s
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Prize medal, Pangbourne Nautical College. Obverse: A house flag within a circle. Legend: "NAUTICAL COLLEGE . PANGBOURNE". Reverse: within a wreath of two laurel branches the inscription: "AWARDED TO H.V.BAYLIS".
1920-1
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Roadside time recording clock. Time recorder inside a tamper-proof metal case for exterior use. These machines were installed along bus routes in London in the early twentieth century. Bus drivers would 'clock on' at various points to enable ins
1920s
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Schneider Cup. original art: drawing
1920s
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Scneider Cup. original art: drawing
1920s
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Seascape - with moonlight on waves 1. Print
late 1920s
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Study of the figurehead of HMS 'Victory'. A loose watercolour and pencil study, with notes on measurements, probably made while 'Victory' was under restoration in her permanent dry-dock at Portsmouth in the early 1920s, having been mo
early 1920s
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The 'Cutty Sark' at Sunset. Oil painting by the British artist John Everett of the 'Curry Sark' at Sunset. By the 1930s, Everett was experimenting with unusual compositions, rhythmic shapes and contrasting colours. The waves are painte
1920s-30s
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View towards Cannon Street Station from the East. This grey wash drawing is almost certainly a preliminary drawing for a drypoint engraving and probably dates from the mid-1920s. On the right-hand edge the holes of Wyllie's pinboard can be seen. This
probably mid-1920s
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Opawa (1906) underway off Avonmouth. A port stern view of Opawa (1906), a passenger/cargo liner, underway off Avonmouth. The date for this negative and P29816 is either 1920 or 1923, but which one was taken on which date is not known.
14 January 1920 or 27 January 1923
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Prize medal, United Services Amateur Football League. Uniface, silver with central shield of gilt. Fitted with a ring. Reverse, inscribed: "UNITED SERVICES A.F.LEAGUE RN BARRACKS II RUNNERS-UP DIV.II 1921-22". Hallmarked.
1921-2
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Badge: Legion of Honour, 3rd class. Awarded to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly. Ten pointed, gold rimmed, white enamel badge with a gold ball on the tip of each point. Obverse: (Centered). Head of the Republic. Inscription: "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE". Rever
1921
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Badge: Legion of Honour, 3rd class. Awarded to Admiral Sir W Reginald Hall. Ten pointed, gold rimmed, white enamel badge with a gold ball on the tip of each point. Obverse: (Centered). Head of the Republic. Inscription: "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 1870&quo
1921
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