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To Sir James Saumarez... This Plate representing the British Squadron... preparing to pursue the Combined Squadron of France & Spain, on the Afternoon of the 12th of July 1801...is dedicated by...Edward Harding. Hand-coloured aquatint showing Saumarez
19 May 1802
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Plan of the Battle of Copenhagen (with inset, View of the Danish Line prior to the Engagement; portrait of Nelson; View of Both the Fleets in Action.). Admiral Sir Hyde Parker handed over control of a squadron of ships no larger than of 74 guns to Nelson
Published 20 May 1802
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The Sailor's Journal (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
20 May 1802
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This Print Representing the British Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, with Vice Admiral Lord Nelson, K.B. and Rear Admiral Thomas Graves Entering the Sound, and passing the Castle and Fortress of Cronenburgh, on the 28 of March 1801, Is
20 May 1802
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Galiotes. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.
1 May 1803
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Pleasure Barges. Technique includes aquatinting.; Hand-coloured.
1 May 1803
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Three fighting ships amongst a flotilla of small vessels off the coast of Egypt 8 March 1801. Hand-coloured.
2 May 1803
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A new chart shewing the navigation through the Straits of Sunda to Batavia. Drawn from the latest authorities by William Heather May 12th1803. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Backed with blue paper. Scale: [ca. 1:350 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated for lat
1803
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Comfort in a hurricane (caricature). Page 298.; Text in English below title.
12 May 1803
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Naval Pillar. This is a design for a monument on Greenwich Hill to commemorate the naval heroes and victories of the French Wars from 1793 on - but excluding Trafalgar, which it predates. It includes a statue of Nelson, among others, but it was never buil
Published May 1804
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Anacreon (1813). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for building the Anacreon (1813), a 16-gun (later 22-gun) Ship Sloop. Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-180
28 October 1805
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The snow Jenny of London... on a Voyage from Oporto, being attacked on the 29th Novr 1804 by a French Privateer... the Jenny struck the privateer on the Quarter... tore her Main Sail & carried away her boom... thus disabled... Jenny proceeded... lost
11 May 1805
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Greenwich Hospital. For Dr Hughson's Description of London. An engraving of Greenwich Hospital, after Robert Schnebbelie, produced for Dr Hughson's 'Description of London'.
18 May 1805
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Greenwich Hospital. For Dr Hughson's Description of London. Technique includes engraving. See.....another copy. This print of the Seaman's Hospital at Greenwich was published in Dr Hughson's 'Description of London'.
18 May 1805
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Jack of Guinea. There was a sizeable African population in Britain in the 18th century. While some were free citizens, many others had arrive in Britain to be the domestic servants of slave-holding plantation owners. This print, and the accompanying poem
20 May 1805
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A Sailor's Marriage (caricature). Hand-coloured.
25 May 1805
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A Sailor's Will (caricature). Hand-coloured.
25 May 1805
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A Sailor's Will. (caricature). Hand-coloured.
25 May 1805
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An English sailor at a French Eating House (caricature). Hand-coloured.
30 May 1805
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Captain George Duff of the Royal Navy who commanded His Majesty's Ship Marsh of 74 Guns & fell in the Glorious Battle of Trafalgar, on the 21st October 1805. Print
1 May 1806
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The remains of Lord Viscount Nelson proceeding from Greenwich Hospital. The poem below the image is attributed as an extract from 'Nelson's Tomb' by William Thomas Fitzgerald. The print shows the cortege bringing Nelson's coffin from i
1 May 1806
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The Right Honble Lord Collingwood Vice Admiral of the Red, &c, Engraved for the Ladys Magazine. Print
1 May 1806
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Emblematical Monument erected in the Guildhall of the City of Norwich for the preservation of the Sword presented by the late Lord Viscount Nelson. The Arms are the same which his Lordship bore when the Sword was presented. Technique includes aquatint.
12 May 1806
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William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk. Print. A commemoration of Northesk's role as third in command at the Battle of Trafalgar, in the 'Britannia'. Although the ship suffered heavy casualties and did good rescue work in the post-Trafalgar
12 May 1806
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Ad. Ld. Nelson. Technique includes etching.
18 May 1806
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Lady Hamilton. Print
20 May 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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Captain Fleetwood Pellew commanding H.M. Ship Terpsichore against Dutch vessels in Batavia Roads 24 Nov. 1806. Drawn at Madras, May 1807. Medium includes crayon.
May 1807
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Peruvian (1807). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Peruvian (1808), an 18-gun Brig Sloop (Brigantine) building at Bursledon by Messrs Parsons. The ship was in fact built at Warsash as George Parsons had to move h
11 May 1807
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Peuvian (1808). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with pencil alterations for Peruvian (1808), an 18-gun Brig Sloop (Brigantine) building at Bursledon by Messrs Parsons. The ship was in fact built at Warsash as George Parsons had to move his
11 May 1807
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The Ghost of a Rotten Borough. Appearing on the Hustings of Covent Garden (caricature). Hand-coloured.
17 May 1807
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Midefart (captured circa 1807) [Alternative spelling: Middelfart]. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, deck plan, sections, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth for Midefart (captured circa 1807), a 64ft Danish gunboat, possibly taken at t
9 May 1808
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Unnamed 100-gun First Rates; Queen Charlotte (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing an inboard profile illustrating the planking for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard. T
14 May 1808
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Unnamed 100-gun First Rates; Queen Charlotte (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the internal planking expansion for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard. The Queen Char
14 May 1808
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Unnamed 100-gun First Rates; Queen Charlotte (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the outboard planking expansion for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Deptford Dockyard. The Queen Char
14 May 1808
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Unnamed 100-gun First Rates; Queen Charlotte (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the starboard profile illustrating the outboard planking from the waterline to the quarterdeck for unnamed 100-gun First Rates, and Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rat
14 May 1808
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Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the fore & aft platforms for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard. Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
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Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard. The quarterdeck was to be lengthened and the carronade port to be as per the draught. Signed b
18 May 1808
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Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard. Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
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Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard. Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
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Serpent (cancelled 1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for the Serpent (cancelled 1810), a 16-gun Ship Sloop building at Sheerness Dockyard. Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
18 May 1808
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John Holloway Esqr, Vice Admiral of the Red Squadron. Print
31 May 1808
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34ft Ceremonial Barge for Bristol Dock Company (1809). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the body plan with half-stern board detail, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with half plan for a 34ft ceremonial barge for the Bristol Dock C
May 1809
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Rear Admiral Nelson's conflict In his Barge with a Spanish Launch, Night of July 3. 1797.. A print after Richard Westall’s 1806 painting, ‘Nelson in Conflict with a Spanish Launch, 3 July 1797’, BHC2908. It was exhibited at the Roya
Published May 1809
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Calcutta. Hand-coloured.; No.III.
1 May 1809
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South View of Corunna from the Heights near the Convent of St Margaret. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1809
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The Destruction of the French Brest Fleet, in Basque Roads, by the Gallant Lord Cochrane and The sailors and Marines under his command on April 12 1809. Hand-coloured.
6 May 1809
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Wreck of the Cumberland Packet on the Island of Antigua in a dreadful Hurricane. Technique includes etching.
6 May 1809
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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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Chinese Trading & Fishing Vessels. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1810
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Chinese Trading and Fishing Vessels. Print
1 May 1810
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The 'Spartan's' engagement with a Neapolitan squadron, 3 May 1810: end of the action. The second of a pair of paintings showing an action between the British ship 'Spartan' and Neapolitan and French squadron in the Bay of Naples (
1810
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Admiral Barrington. Print
22 May 1810
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Relief of Gibraltar by Lord Howe, Oct 11 1782 Panoramic view of the Fleet with portraits either end of Admirals Howe and Barrington. Print. The Serres painting formed the 'predella' originally exhibited below Copley's huge 'Siege of
22 May 1810
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Captain Richd Bowen. Print
31 May 1810
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To The King's Most Excellent Majesty. This Plate, The Death of Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B. is...dedicated.... Print
1 May 1811
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The Cumberland Merchant Ship engaging 4 French Lugger Privateers off Folkestone, on 13th Jany 1811. Print.
6 May 1811
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Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, as building at Chatham Dockyard. Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822].
10 May 1811
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Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard. Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822].
10 May 1811
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Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the middle deck for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard. Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822].
10 May 1811
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Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard. The plan includes pencil annotations and planking for the waist gangways. Initialled by William Rule
10 May 1811
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Howe (1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Howe (1815), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker, building at Chatham Dockyard. Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor of the Navy, 1806-1822].
10 May 1811
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'Statue to the Memory of Admiral Lord Nelson, at Birmingham. Gentleman's Magazine May 1812. Pl.II. p.417'. From the ‘Gentleman's Magazine’, May 1812, pl. II, p. 417. Following the Battle of Trafalgar, towns and cities throu
Published May 1812
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Anacreon (1813). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the section and plans illustrating the method of attaching the upper deck and lower deck beams to the sides of the Anacreon (1813), a 16 (later 22-gun) Ship Sloop building at Plymouth Dockyard. Signed by Willia
1 May 1812
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James Sadler, Esqr, First English Aeronaut. Drawn & Engraved by B Taylor. Print
1 May 1812
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'Leopard' (1790). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the spar deck, and upper deck of 'Leopard' (1790), as originally fitted as a fifty gun fourth rate two-decker, and as fitted in 1812 for a troopship. Signed by Nicholas Diddams [Master
12 May 1812
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'Leopard' (1790); 'Romney' (1812). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the gun deck, and hold with fore and aft platforms for 'Leopold' (1790), as originally fitted as a fifty gun fourth rate two-decker, and as fitted in 1812 for a
12 May 1812
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Epervier (1812). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Epervier (1812), an 18 gun Brig Sloop at Rochester by Mrs Ross. Signed by William Ruke [Surveyor of the Navy, 17
21 May 1812
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Captn John Stewart RN. Engraved by Page from a Drawing in the possession of W Adam Esq. Print
31 May 1812
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Captn John Stewart RN. Engraved by Page from a Drawing in the possession of W. Adam. Esq. Print
31 May 1812
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Killing seals in a cavern. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1813
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Nelson. Print
1 May 1813
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Nelson. Published by John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street 1st May 1813. Print
1 May 1813
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Nelson. Published by John Murray, 50 Albemarle Street 1st May 1813. Print
1 May 1813
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St Ives. Print
1 May 1813
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Tonnant (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, and upper deck for Tonnant (captured 1798), a captured French 80-gun ship, as fitted as an 80-gun, Third Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates her British configuration. T
14 May 1813
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Francis Willis Esqr. Gretford, Lincolnshire: well known for his great range of knowledge in Mechanics. Print
15 May 1813
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Captn Edwards Lloyd Graham. R N. Print
31 May 1813
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The Fair on the Thames, Feby.4.1814. Hand-coloured. Text in English and French below image. Before the demolition of the old London Bridge in 1831, the Thames sometimes froze over during particularly cold winters. Spontaneous 'frost fairs' would
1 May 1814
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View of Ilfracombe, from Hillsborough. Print
1 May 1814
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'Hyaena' [Hyena] (1804). Scale: probably 1:96. A plan showing the upper deck, middle deck, lower deck, and inboard profile for 'Hyaena' [Hyena] (1804), a purchased merchant ship converted to a Sixth Rate Frigate, now fitted as a store
3 May 1814
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Slight sketch of 'Newcastle' frigate at Spithead May 7th 1814, the stern of a different vessel, and a moored vessel viewed from the stern with buildings beyond. No. 24 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801) HMS 'Newcastle' was a 4th rate of 60 gun
7 May 1814
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Medal commemorating the signing of peace preliminaries May 30 1814. Medal commemorating the signing of peace preliminaries May 30 1814. Obverse: Bust of Emperor Alexander of Russia in uniform (left). Legend: 'ALEXANDER EMP OF ALL THE RUSSIAS.'
1814
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Capt James Alexander Gordon R.N. Print
31 May 1814
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HMS Atalante passing Sambro, Halifax, N.S.. 'Atalante' is depicted in the centre of the composition surrounded by three sailing boats. The coast of Sambro (Nova Scotia) provides the backdrop. Title: "H.M.S. Atalante passing Sambro, Halifax
31 May 1814
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Unnamed 77ft Brig (circa 1815). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unknown 77ft 10-gun Brig. The guns are stated as being ten long 24 pounders. However, which ship it was is at present unknown, and ne
May 1815
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Attack on Fort Oswego, Lake Ontario, N. America, May 6th 1814, Noon.... This coloured aquatint is a depiction drawn by a Lieutenant Hewitt of the Royal Marines, depicting the British Attack on Fort Oswego on May 6th 1814 during the War of 1812. Fort Osweg
1 May 1815
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Country West of Algiers from the British Consul General's Garden. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1815
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The Bath, built by Lord Penryn, near Bangor, N Wales. Print
1 May 1815
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Things as they Have Been. Things as they now are (caricature). Technique includes stipple engraving.; Hand-coloured.; No.110. Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
8 May 1815
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Things as they have been. Things as they now are. (caricature). Hand-coloured. Portrait of Lord Cochran taken during his confinement in the Kings Bench prison in 1815 the morning dress as he then was (caricature)
8 May 1815
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Things as they have been. Things as they now are. Dedicated without permission to all whom it may concern or please by their obedt servt R. Bothsides (caricature). Hand-coloured.
8 May 1815
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Francis Emperor of Austria. Technique includes etching.
10 May 1815
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The Death of Lord Nelson, October 21 - 1805. Print
17 May 1815
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The Death of Lord Nelson, October 21 - 1805. Print
17 May 1815
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'Minotaur' (1816). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section with diagrams illustrating the method of attaching the beams to the sides for 'Minotaur' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
18 May 1815
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Thomas Mackenzie Esqr, Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron. Print
31 May 1815
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Capture of La Minerve off Toulon, June 24th 1795. Depicts a confrontation between two British and two French naval ships. Cannon smoke hangs between the vessels. The French La Minerve, in the centre foreground, in port broadside view, has lost the top sec
1 May 1816
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Capture of La Nereide Decr 21st. 1797. Hand-coloured.
1 May 1816
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