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Rispand, Durness. Print
1 Apr 1820
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A man standing with legs astride, wearing black hat, blue jacket and tweed trousers. A full-length view of a man, standing with legs astride, wearing black hat, blue jacket and tweed trousers. Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) form
10 April 1820
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Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building Daphne (cancelled 1832) and Porcupine (cancelled 1832), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Sloops, at Plymouth Dockyard. Signed H[enry] Pe
10th April 1820
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Minerva (1820). Scale: 1:24 and 1:48. Plan showing the elevation of the bow and head, and a plan of the head, for the Minerva (1820), a 46-gun Fifth Rate Frigate building at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed by William McPherson Rice [?]
13 April 1820
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Self portrait profile head of E W Cooke aged 10 years. Mounted with PAE6592-PAE6594.
Apr 1821
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16 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 4-oared 16 ft Cutter received on Mr. Pelham's Contract dated 17 December 1817. Signed J. Nolloth [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard, 1817-18
Dated: 13 April 1821
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A rolling press. Mounted with PAE6606-PAE6608.
20 Apr 1821
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Napoleon's new house at Longwood, St Helena, (on reverse). Bound with PAF2693-PAF2718, PAF2720.
3 Apr 1822
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View of Napoleon's house and garden on St Helena, (on reverse). Bound with PAF2693-PAF2717, PAF2719-PAF2720.
3 Apr 1822
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Study of a child's feet. Mounted with PAE6624.
4 Apr 1822
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A Humebugging attempt to Dissect a Naval Estimate (caricature). Hand-coloured.
22 Apr 1822
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Sheet of three studies of a child's hands and one of a foot. Mounted with PAE6625.
23 Apr 1822
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Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, Engraved by Turner, from a Picture by Sir Wm Beechey, R.A. For Captn Brenton's Naval History. Print
1 Apr 1823
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Captain Franklin R.N Commander of The Expedition To The Mouth of The Copper-Mine River And shores of The Polar Sea, Engraved by W.T. Fry From an Original Drawing By T. Wageman. Published for the New European Magazine. Print
1 Apr 1823
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Looking towards the Quay Southampton. Drawing
12 Apr 1823
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Study of a pair of dividers. Mounted with PAE6644, PAE6646-PAE6647.
15 Apr 1823
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Study of a wheelbarrow, rake and spade. Mounted with PAE6645-PAE6647.
15 Apr 1823
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Gun Brig. Print
Apr 1824
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Profile head of an old man. original art: drawing
Apr 1824
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Spring Garden Estate, St George's. The property of I R Grosett Esquire MP. Print
1 Apr 1824
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Jack's Trump of Defiance (caricature). Technique includes etching. This is one of Cruikshank's illustrations to Matthew Henry Barker's 'Greenwich Hospital' (London, 1826), f. p. 21. A preliminary pencil study is one of a number on
Apr 1825
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Distant View of Sydney, from the Light House at South Head, New South Wales. Print
1 Apr 1825
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This Plate representing the Ship 'Woodford'... Captain Alfred Chapman... 1824... on her Passage from Madras to England (stern view). Print captioned 'This Plate representing the Ship ''Woodford''... Captain Alfred Chapma
1 April 1825
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This Plate representing the Ship Woodford... Captain Alfred Chapman... 1824... on her Passage from Madras to England (bow view). Hand-coloured.
1 Apr 1825
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This Plate representing the Ship Woodford... Captain Alfred Chapman... 1824... on her Passage from Madras to England (stern view). **This is a duplicate record for PAH8473**. Print entitled 'This Plate representing the Ship Woodford... Captain Alfred
1 Apr 1825
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Ports of England Plate 2. View of Whitby. Print
1 Apr 1826
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Sheet of studies of arms and feet. original art: drawing
6 Apr 1826
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Sheet of studies of nine Classical heads, all named. original art: drawing
12 Apr 1826
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Three Classical figures inscribed 'Briseis, Amorino, Psiche'. original art: drawing
14 Apr 1826
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Three Classical heads inscribed 'Eraldi, Achilles, Troclus'. original art: drawing
14 Apr 1826
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HM Frigate Glasgow (Captain) The Honble J A Maude. 23 April 1826. Port side view of HM Frigate Glasgow at anchor with sails unfurled to air and gun ports open. Figures are visible on the deck. Other vessels can be seen in the background including a square
1826
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A Head for the Cabinet (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
Apr 1827
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Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan for Tyne (1826), a 28-gun Sixth Rate vessel built and fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed O.Lang (Master Shipwright)
14 April 1827
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Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan, showing the fore & aft platforms for Tyne (1826), as a 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel as built and fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed O.Lang (Master Shipwright)
14th April 1827
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Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quater deck and forecastle for Tyne (1826), as a 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel as built and fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed O.Lang (Master Shipwright)
14th April 1827
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Tyne (1826). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for Tyne (1826), as a 28-gun, Sixth Rate vessel as built and fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed O.Lang (Master Shipwright)
14th April 1827
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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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Dutch galliot; coasting brig; sailing barges; fishing boat; West Indiaman On the Thames. Shipping on the Thames has played a significant part in London's history. By 1700 about 70% or more of England's foreign trade was handled by London, as the
Apr 1828
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Gravesend. A wherry and a group of fisherfolk. Exhibited London 1970. No.59. Mounted with PAE6449.
Apr 1828
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HM Yacht The Prince Regent and her ship's boat, Causand Bay Rigged Yacht, a Portsmouth Wherry and a pleasure yacht. No.6.
Apr 1828
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The Wolf brig of war (late of the Royal Navy) making Signal and laying to, for a Pilot off Dover. This print depicts a Brig (two masts). The Wolf of 1826, which this record had been linked to, was a three-masted Ship Sloop. Therefore, it is likely the ima
Apr 1828
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Lady Emma Hamilton as Miranda 1765-1815. Print
3 Apr 1828
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'It a Pity You Noting to do, but look at me, did you never see a Ladys Gentleman a fore eh?'. Caricature of a black servant in exaggerated footman’s livery, which is entitled 'Sketches of Character - Footman - pl. 9', above the i
April 1829
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The Modern Perseus endeavouring to save Britannia (caricature). Hand-coloured.
9 Apr 1829
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Pevensey Bay from Fairlight. Mounted with PAE5530.
Apr 1830
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Shipwrecked passengers No.36. 'They're Saved! They're Saved!' Depicting a man on ropes from a broken mast holding a woman with a child. Mounted with PAH7417.
Apr 1830
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Shipwrecked passengers No.7. My Child! My Child! Depicting a woman in the sea holding her child up near a broken mast. Mounted with PAH7418.
Apr 1830
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The H.C. Ship Bridgewater Capt J.R. Manderson, entering Madras Roads April 10th 1830 under Jury Masts, after the Gales of the 7th of March. Hand coloured aquatint showing the Bridgewater (1812) running into Madras on 10 April 1830 under a jury rig and sto
1833
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Station Ship of the Coastal Blockade - Rye. Signed by artist and dated.
12 Apr 1830
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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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John Hearle's Fire and Wash Engine Pump as fitted to Caledonia (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing a section though the Caledonia (1808), a 102 gun First Rate, Three Decker, illustrating the use of John Hearle's Fire and Wash deck Engine Pump as
21 April 1831
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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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Two schooners, close-hauled, with a small boat. original art: drawing
11 Apr 1832
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Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship section for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as taken off. Signed by Thomas Roberts [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1830-1837].
17 April 1832
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To His most Gracious Majesty King William the 4th, This Plate representing a View of the Island of St Helena, from a Painting in His Majesty's possession...is...inscribed.... Hand-coloured.
20 Apr 1832
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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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The East India Ship Duke of Buccleuch, (Captn Alexr Henning) in a hurricane off the Mauritius, attempting to wear. Print entitled 'The East India Ship 'Duke of Buccleuch', (Captn Alexr Henning) in a Hurricane off the Mauritius, attempting
Apr 1835
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'Buffalo' (1813). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section and elevation of bed spaces and water closet for 'Buffalo' (1813), a purchased East Indiaman, as fitted as an emigrant ship to Australia. Signed by William Stone [Master Shipw
9 April 1835
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Wanderer (1835); Wolverine (1835); Sapho (1837); Harlequin (1836); Lily (1837). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing an elevation for the rudder heand and tiller for 16-gun Brigs, specifically Wanderer (1835); Wolverine (1835); Sapho (1837); Harlequin (1836); Lily
10 April 1835
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The East India Ship 'Duke of Buccleuch', (Captn Alexr Henning) in a Hurricane off the Mauritius, attempting to wear. Print entitled 'The East India Ship 'Duke of Buccleuch', (Captn Alexr Henning) in a Hurricane off the Mauritius,
6 April 1836
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Proposal for a chain shackle attachment. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a section through an Orlop Deck beam end with a proposal for passing a chain and shackle round the beam for attaching the Hempen cable, instead of the common clench. Signed by Richard
13 April 1836
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A plough at Foster's Farm, Redleaf. Mounted with PAE5579-PAE5580.
19 Apr 1836
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Boys weeding in smocks. Mounted with PAE5579, PAE5581.
23 Apr 1836
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No XVI About 10 PM April 19th a barrier about 20 feet high was thrown up close to the ship.... Bound with PAF0252-PAF0269, PAF0271-PAF0285.; Medium includes graphite.; Heightened with white.
1837
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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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'A Greenwich Pensioner!' HB sketches No.532. See description and notes for PAH3323, another copy.
3 April 1838
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A Greenwich Pensioner! [caricature of Richard Lalor Shiel MP]. HB Sketches No. 532. See also other copies: PAI5996 and PAF4083. This shows Richard Lalor Shiel (1791-1851), a Kilkenny-born Irish Catholic, educated at Stonyhurst and Trinity College Dublin,
3 April 1838
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HB Sketches No 532. A Greenwich Pensioner (caricature). See description and notes for PAH3323, another copy. PvdM 4/04
3 Apr 1838
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H.M.S Pembroke in a squall April 12th 1839, Dedicated to Captn Fairfax Moresby, C.B. Print
1840
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Princess Charlotte in Malta Harbour by Moonlight - 13th April 1839. Signed by artist and dated, on reverse.
13 Apr 1839
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Slough. The 40ft reflector in process of demolition. This is one of a series of drawings done by Sir John Frederick William Herschel in 1840 when he had his father's 40ft reflector telescope dismantled fearing the by then severely rotten frame might
3 April 1840
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'Slough. The 40ft reflector with all the woodwork down'. This is one of a series of drawings done by Sir John Frederick William Herschel in 1840 when he had his father's 40ft reflector telescope dismantled fearing the severely rotten frame
5 April 1840
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'Slough. View of the garden of the 40ft reflector dismantled. From roof of Observatory'. This is one of a series of drawings done by Sir John Frederick William Herschel in 1840 when he had his father's 40ft reflector telescope dismantled fe
19 April 1840
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F Marryat. Print. The original drawing, facing left, is PAG6839. Like that it is inscribed '...Orsay fecit / Avril 184l' and bears the signature of the sitter, in this case both in reproduction. It is from d' Orsay's 'Drawings of
Apr 1841
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with elevations and sections of fittings for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed by Richard Blake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard,
17 April 1841
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with elevations of cupboards, bulkheads, doors, storage, ship's library, and other details for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed by
17 April 1841
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle illustrating the fittings on deck for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard. Note the enclosed waist with permanent gangways. The plan
17 April 1841
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Vanguard (1835). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with elevations and sections of fittings for Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed by Richard Blake [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard,
17 April 1841
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Vanguard (1835). Scales: 1:48, 1:24, 1:6. Plan showing the roundhouse (poop) illustrating the elevations and plans for the companionways, colour lockers, stantion posts, and elevation of the insode of a gunport on Vanguard (1835), an 80-gun Second Rate, t
17 April 1841
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Vanguard (1835); Collingwood (1841). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile illustrating the fittings for Vanguard (1835), and with alterations dated March 1844 for fitting Collingwood (1841), both 80-gun Second Rate, two-deckers. Collingwood was c
17 April 1841
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H.M.S. Stag 1830. Medium includes pen and brown ink.; Signed by artist and dated.
Apr 1843
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Annotated drawing of a schooner, 24 April 1843. No. 4 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801) The schooner is not identified, but the figurehead is an eagle which may suggest the vessel’s name. The way in which Schetky uses annotations may have been learnt from
24 April 1843
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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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The passenger liner Great Britain (1843) at Brandon Warf, Bristol.. A rough cut salted paper print. A starboard quarter view of the passenger liner Great Britain (1844) dried out alongside the gas work’s Brandon Wharf at Canon’s Marsh, Bristo
April-May 1844
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The passenger liner Great Britain (1843) at Brandon Warf, Bristol.. A waxed paper calotype negative. A starboard quarter view of the passenger liner Great Britain (1844) dried out alongside the gas work’s Brandon Wharf at Canon’s Marsh, Brist
April-May 1844
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Etudes de Marines Paquebot a Vapeur. Hand-coloured.
25 Apr 1844
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Loss of the Steamboat Swallow while on her trip from Albany to New-York, on Monday Evening April 7th 1845. When opposite Athens she struck a large rock, took fire broke in two and sunk-By which melancholy occurrance, it is supposed that nearly 40 lives we
1845
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Distribution of the 'Nelson Medals', in the Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital. Mounted on sheet with PAI8814-PAI8815, PAI8817. This is taken from from the 'Illustrated London News' 12 April 1845, p. 240. It shows a Pensioner coming back
Unknown
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A view of Naples from the east with lateen-rigged ships drawn up on the shore.. A waxed paper calotype negative. A view from the shore behind five lateen-rigged ships drawn up on the shore, looking towards Naples to the east. The left of the image has t
April 1846
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A view of Naples from the east with lateen-rigged ships drawn up on the shore.. A whole plate size salted paper print. A view from the shore behind five lateen-rigged ships drawn up on the shore, looking towards Naples to the east. The left of the image
April 1846
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Ships moored in the Bay of Baiae, near Naples. A whole plate size salted paper print. A view from an elevated position looking out to sea at the Bay of Baiae, Italy. The photograph may have been taken from the Roman ruins above the port. In the foregrou
Mid-late April 1846
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To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria this Print The Signing and Sealing of the Treaty of Nanking...(signed on board H.M.S. Cornwallis 29 August 1842). Mezzotint in wooden frame. Hand-coloured. Medium includes gum arabic.
20 April 1846
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Study of the head and shoulders of a young woman with a middle parting. This 'study of the head and shoulders of a young woman with a middle parting' was done by Louisa Herschel when she was 12 years old. The 'young woman' in question
12 April 1847
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Bermuda (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the midship profile and plan illustrating the pivot gun, as proposed to be fitted to Bermuda (1848), a 3-gun Schooner building in Bermuda.
17 April 1847
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Naval Portfolio No.2. Naval Scenes in the Mexican War by H Walke Lieut US Navy The US Naval Expedition under Comore M C Perry... taking possession of the Port of Tuspan... April 19th 1847. Hand-coloured.
1848
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Steering Wheel (1849). Various scales. Plan showing the side and front elevation of a steering wheel, and detail elevations of the bolts and rings for a steeering wheel, illustrating how they are built at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed John Fincham [Master
7 April 1849
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'The extinct volcanoes Viejo and Monotomba, Realejo [Nicaragua], April 5th 1850'. No. 38 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. A linking passage by Fanshawe's daugh
5 April 1850
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Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold with sections through stations at A, B, C, D illustrating the barrel stowage, magazine, water tanks and stores for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at
8 April 1850
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Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck illustrating the tiller ropes, shot layout and fittings for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by Sameul Read [Mast
8 April 1850
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Phaeton (1848). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck illustrating the details of the store rooms for Phaeton (1848), a 50-gun large Frigate. The ship was built at Deptford but completed at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by Samuel Read [Master Shipwrigh
8 April 1850
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