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Double Ship. Patrick Millar 1787. Hand-coloured.
1 Jul 1848
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Engine and paddle wheels of Bell's Comet 1812. A diagram of the engine and paddle wheels of Henry Bell's Comet, the first ever passenger steamer in the Old World. The Comet took passengers down the Clyde. Bell wasalso instrumental in establishin
1 Jul 1848
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H.M.S Dwarf with Woodcroft's Patent Varying Pitch Screw Propeller 1844. Diagrammatic view of hull. Print depicting a diagrammatic view of the propeller and hull of the HMS Dwarf. The Dwarf was the first screw vessel in the Royal Navy when it was boug
1 Jul 1848
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Perspective view of machinery in Fulton's Cleremont 1807. Lithograph print drawn by H. B. Barlow of the machinery in Robert Fulton's paddle steamer Clermont, America's first steam boat. After the efficiency and speed of the Clermont in 1808
1 Jul 1848
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The North River or Cleremont Robt Fulton 1807. Hand-coloured lithograph depicting the Clermont. After the efficiency and speed of the Clermont in 1808 on the run between New York and Albany on a route whic passed Clermont (the country seat of Robert Livin
1 Jul 1848
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Start for a Sounding Match off Jolet - Trinity Bay 6th July 48. Medium includes graphite.
6 Jul 1848
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The Royal Navy. No 2. Commander. Captain. Midshipman. Admiral. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, admiral's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, captain's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, commander&#
12 Jul 1848
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1st cutter. 22 July 1848. Boats from HMS Rattlesnake Surveying Co. New Guinea. Heightened with white.
1848
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Cutter Yacht Vision, 45 Tons, Winner of The Grand Challenge Cup of the R.M.Y.C. and Thirteen other Prizes. Hand-coloured.
12 Jul 1849
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The Royal Navy. No 5. Paymaster. Cadet. Assistant Surgeon. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, assistant surgeon's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, cadet's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, paymast
28 Jul 1849
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The Royal Navy. No 6. Clerk. Second Master. A B Seaman. (uniform). Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: uniform, clerk's [Royal navy] clothing, outerwear: uniform, second master's [Royal navy]
28 Jul 1849
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Steamers Neptune & Luna (Built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton). Print
Jul 1850
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(Recto) View of two large houses surrounded by countryside, with notes on watercolours; (verso) Two landscape watercolours.. No. 3 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) inscribed in pencil in the lower left. If the adjacent pages are indicative, this scen
15 July 1850
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Emerald (1856). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) illustrating the use of winter felled and summer felled timbers for Emerald (1856), a 60-gun Fifth Rate Large Frigate, prior to being re-ordered in 1854 as a screw frigate and le
17 July 1850
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(Recto) Scene at Teignmouth, with a figure looking out to sea leaning up against a beacon; (Verso) a rugged landscape with a waterfall and pencil sketches of a figure sitting by boulders and a three-decker flagship. No. 4 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Re
22 July 1850
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'Indians at Fort Rupert, Vancouver's Island, July 1851' [Canada]. No. 54 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title, with the additional inscription '1 and 3 are Ind
July 1851
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(Recto) View of the Crystal Palace as built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibtion, July 1851; (Verso) landscape, ship and tree studies. No. 8 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). Mends perhaps drew this view across the Serpentine to Joseph Paxton's Crystal P
July 1851
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'Woody Point, Vancouver's Island, July 8th 1851' [Canada]. No. 55 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Woody Point is a prominent headland on the west coast of Van
8 July 1851
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'Deer Island, Beaver Harbour, Vancouver's Island, July 15th 1851' [Canada]. No. 56 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Beaver Harbour is a bay south of Port Hardy
15 July 1851
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'Fort Rupert, Beaver Harbour, Vancouver's Island, July 23rd 1851' [Canada]. No. 57 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fort Rupert was a former Hudson's Bay
23 July 1851
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The America 1852 July Cowes. Stored with PAD1284-PAD1285, PAD1287.
Jul 1852
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(Recto) HMS 'Trafalgar' losing her rudder-head in a north-easterly gale off Malta, 1 February 1852; (Verso) a coastal profile of Majorca, with a vase of flowers and a study of leaves, 3 June 1852. No. 15 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) Ins
February - June 1852
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H.M.S. Rattlesnake.... entering the Louisiade Archipelago, June 14th 1849. Hand-coloured.; No.2.
8 Jul 1852
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(Recto) Trial of Sailing; 'Phaeton' the winner passing 'Trafalgar' (the turning point), off Malaga, 17 July 1852; (Verso) near collision between 'Dauntless' and 'Trafalgar'. No. 22 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Rec
July 1852
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(Recto) Trial of sailing off Cape de Galta [Cabo de Gata], 30 July 1852, 'Trafalgar' and 'Terrible' in the foreground; (Verso) the island of Zembra, near Cape Bon, Tunisia, 2 September 1852. No. 24 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto)
July - September 1852
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Castle of Asia Entrance of Dardanelles. The old defensive forts called the Castle of Europe and Castle of Asia (on the northern and southern sides of the strait) are not at the entrance of the Dardanelles but some distance inside. They are the third of th
July-October 1853
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Evers, hard chine, lee board sloops on the Elbe with rigging and construction details, also other vessels under sail, a grapnel anchor and a lee board. Mounted with PAE6189.
Jul 1853
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Lighthouse on Pasha's Point, Gallipoli, at the entrance of the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara. This drawing is inscribed , 'Lighthouse Galipoli entrance of Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara, Pacha's Point, taken from a rock ...[?]'. It w
July-October 1853
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The Gipsy Queen R.Y.S. Sir H.B. Hoghton, Bart, Published in Hunt's Yachting Magazine July 1853. Print
Jul 1853
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A lime barge on the Elbe, Hamburg, with construction and rigging details. Mounted with PAE6190.
11 Jul 1853
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Elbe craft. One and two masted lee boarded, hard chine, vessels, details of bow and stern. Inscribed 'Blankanese'. Mounted with PAE6188.
12 Jul 1853
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(Recto) The 'Ville de Paris', French flag ship, Besika Bay, 22 July 1853: (verso) The French fleet joining the English in Besika Bay, 14 June 1853. No. 33 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) Inscribed 'Ville de Paris Flag ship, Besika Bay
June - July 1853
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Fores's Marine Sketches. The Schooner Yacht Sverige 280 Tons, R.L.Y.C. Plate 8.
25 Jul 1853
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Stockholm harbour with a castle tower and the Charles XIII 74 second view inset. original art: drawing
25 Jul 1853
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Stockholm, a view across the harbour with timber pounds, towards Carl Johan church on Skeppsholmen, annotated. original art: drawing
25 Jul 1853
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Panoramic view of Stockholm (left hand) with 859 and 860. original art: drawing
26 Jul 1853
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Panoramic view of Stockholm (right hand) with 860 and 861. original art: drawing
26 Jul 1853
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Stockholm harbour with Cathedral behind and much shipping. original art: drawing
26 Jul 1853
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HMS Pheonix (1832) and HMS Diligence (1814) at anchor, Godhavn. A view looking northwest across the harbour from the foreshore in front of the settlement of Godhavn. HMS Phoenix (1832), a converted screw Sloop, is at anchor in the foreground, with the sto
18 June-5 July 1854
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HMS Phoenix (1832) and HMS Diligence (1814) at anchor, Godhavn. A view from the high ground near the settlement of Godhavn looking across the harbour. HMS Phoenix (1832), a converted screw Sloop, and the storeship HMS Diligence (1814) are anchored in the
18 June-5 July 1854
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'Manned and armed Boats of Fleet collecting at Respective Admirals - Baro Sound 12 July 1854...' with notes below. Medium includes graphite and watercolour.
1854
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Christian Soren Marcus Olrik, Inspector of North Greenland. A portrait photograph believed to be of Christian Soren Marcus Olrik (1815-1870) Inspector of North Greenland 1846-66, seated in his uniform. He was based in Godhavn [referred to as Lievely in Ph
Between 3 and 12 July or 9 September 1854
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Sledge party leaving HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell, 15 April 1853. Plate VII.
14 Jul 1854
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A meeting between two groups of uniformed figures on a rocky shore with ships firing a salute in the background. This drawing was acquired in 1953 with PAD8395 and both are probably Crimean War subjects. This one is signed and dated (in Italian) and shows
21 July 1854
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Sketch of the routes from Kustenjeh to Chernavoda and Rassova with the Karasu Lakes by Capt T. Spratt R.N. C.B. 24 July 1854. Made during a reconnaissance in company with Lieut. Col. the Hon. A. Gordon and Lieut. Col. J. Desaint de l'Etat Major.. Sin
1856
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The reception of Sir Charles Napier by the people, in the hall of the palace, Stockholm. Print
29 Jul 1854
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Dolby's sketches in the Baltic 'Yah soe! Ist das den Russiker Balt?' 'Is it possible! Is that the Russian Ball?' Exhibition des desbris d'un obus eclate a bord, pendant l'attaque contre Eckness. Showing the Lions on boar
31 Jul 1854
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Dolby's sketches in the Baltic. M Lucas, Aspirant de Marine, jetant par dessus le pont, un obus pres d'eclater a bord du vaisseau l' Hecla, pendant l'attaque contre Bommersund. Mr Lucas throwing the burning shell off the deck of the He
31 Jul 1854
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'Sweaborg' [Sveaborg/ Suomenlinna: Finland]. No. 5 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Fold-out panoramic drawing on three joined sheets, the two on the right stuck down to the album page and captioned by the artist below the i
late July/ early August 1855
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'Kotka bridge, burnt July 26th 1855' [Finland]. No. 1 in Fanshawe's Baltic, later service and holiday album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The historic town and port of Kotka is on the north
26 July 1855
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The parson and the pig: an incident at the burning of Kotka barracks, Finland, 27 July 1855. No. 2 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist 'Kotka, 27th July 1855, Midnight', on the album page below the image
27 July 1855
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Ship Queensberry... John Nicholson & Co of Annan, the Builders & Owners of the Ship. Stored in mount with PAH8556.
Jul 1856
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Ship Queensberry...John Nicholson & Co of Annan, the Builders & Owners of the Ship. Hand-coloured.
Jul 1856
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Mersey (1858); Orlando (1858). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section illustrating the way the beams are attached to the sides, and a midship elevation illustrating the frames and diagonal supports for Mersey (1858) and Orlando (1858), both 40-gun
15 July 1856
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The Queen's Birthday. Colours Flying and Manned at the Yards. James Watt. A commemorative image showing the James Watt (shown starboard bow) flying the colours of the nations and manned at the yards. In the distance on her left are three more such sh
26 July 1856
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'Quarries near Carrara, July 1857' [Italy]. No. 18 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The sixth of a series of drawings of the Mediterranean fleet's sum
July 1857
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Pomone (1845). Scale: 1:10. Plan showing a triple-branched, two-bladed propeller, as fitted to Pomone (1845), a 36-gun French screw Frigate.
July 1857
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'Florence from hotel window on the Lung' Arno, July 1st 1857' [Italy]. No. 17 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The fifth of a series of drawings of Lo
1 July 1857
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'Fortress of Monjuich [Montjuïc], Barcelona, July 30th 1857' [Spain]. No. 19 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The seventh of a series of drawings of t
30 July 1857
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Castle of St Pierre July 7. Bound with PAF8697-PAF8705, PAF8707-PAF8734.
7 Jul 1858
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Laura of Rochester... D.W. Dixon Commdr. Off Havre July 17th 1858. Drawing.
17 Jul 1858
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The Leviathan (Great Eastern) Steam Ship, Inside and Out (portside view and cross section). A portside view and cross-section of the 'Great Eastern'. Brunel's massive ship - easily the largest of the Victorian age - captured the public imag
20 Jul 1858
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The Skellig Rocks from Bray Head, Valentia, Ireland. original art: drawing
22 Jul 1858
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The Fortress, Dockyards & Harbour of Cherbourg, facing Portsmouth in the English Channel. Print
28 Jul 1858
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'Persia' (1855). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the outboard longitudinal profile, sections with inboard detail through Stations A, B, C, D (through the paddle wheels), E, F, and G, and a detailed inboard longitudinal profile for 'Persia'
30 January 1857 to 11 November 1860
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The Rock of Lisbon, NE by E, July 27 1861. Schetky made his last visit abroad in the summer of 1861 at the age of 82. The two-week passage to Lisbon on board the steamer 'Alhambra', during which time he painted this watercolour, was a gift from
27 July 1861
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To John C. Morice Esq. this print of his Cutter Yacht Marina 65 tons. In the Collision with the Prince of Wales off the Nore Lightship, in the Royal Thames Yacht Club 1st Class Match, May 23rd 1862.... Hand-coloured.
3 Jul 1862
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Clipper Ship The Murray... Messrs Anderson Thomson & Co Owners & Messrs Alexr Hall & Co Builders. Print.
6 Jul 1863
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Clipper Ship Coonatto... Messrs Anderson Thomson & Co Owners & Messrs Thos Bilbe & Co Builders. Hand-coloured.
15 Jul 1863
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Studies of the 'Claymore' yacht, Cowes Roads, 1863. No. 67 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) Inscribed in the upper left corner next to a broadside view of a yacht 'Claymore Yacht/Cowes Roads – 19th July/1863' and in the lower right nex
19-20 July 1863
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Mullion Island from Polurria Cove July 1865 - Cornwall. Print
Jul 1865
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Schooner Yacht Mad Cap 70 Tons Winning the Prince of Wales Cup at Plymouth, August 25th 1864. Print
1 Jul 1865
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Clipper Ship Yatala... Messrs Anderson Thomson & Co Owners & Messrs Thos Bilbe & Co Builders. Hand-coloured.
18 Jul 1865
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From our Window, Cowes, July 18.19.1865 for the VS. Stored with PAD1285-PAD1287.
19 Jul 1865
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Sir Boyle Roache, his Boat (Cowes). Stored with PAD1284, PAD1286-PAD1287.
19 Jul 1865
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The Route of the Atlantic Telegraph, The Great Eastern Section of the bed of the Atlantic. Hand-coloured.; Exhibition: Submarine Cable Exhibition, Science Museum 1973. At the top of this print is a map of the route of the cable from Valentia in Ireland to
20 Jul 1865
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Splicing the cable (after the first accident) on board the Great Eastern - July 25th. This image shows crew members on 25 July 1865 on the board the 'Great Eastern' searching for a fault in the telegraph cable. After retrieving the cable they f
1865
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Page of sketches of craft in Tagus off Cintra, Portugal 23 July 1865 11.46 a.m.. No. 1 of 30 (PAH3772 - PAH3801) In the summer of 1861, aged 82, Schetky made his last visit abroad. His two weeks’ passage to Lisbon on board the steamer the 'Alh
29 July 1865
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Searching for fault after recovery of the cable from the bed of the Atlantic - July 31st. On 29 July 1865, with 634 miles (1020 km) of cable laid, another break in the electrical signal was recorded on the instruments. On examination, another sliver of wi
1865
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'Edith' (no date); 'Julia' (no date). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing the midship section and midship framing plan for 'Edith' (no date), and 'Julia' (no date), both fifteen ton single-masted, cutter-rigged, sailing bo
3 July 1866
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Two rough coastal profile sketches, one with a sailing vessel. Bound with PAF9228-PAF9239, PAF9241-PAF9256.
Jul 1867
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. Inboard profile plan
8 Jul 1867
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Seascape with cloudy sky. Bound with PAF9228-PAF9244, PAF9246-PAF9256.
17 Jul 1867
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Thermopylae (1868). Scale 1:24. Drawing showing the midships section for Thermopylae (1868), a clipper.
17 July 1867
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'At Nagasaki' [Japan]. No. 19 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page 'At Nagasaki', and dated '7/68'. Even today there are a number of traditional stone bridges like this spanning the small water
July 1868
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'At Yokohama' [Japan]. No. 9 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist in the lower right corner of the drawing 'Yokohama' with the monogram signature 'JHB' and date '7/68'; and on the album page, as title.
July 1868
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'Nagasaki' [Japan]. No. 18 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page 'Nagasaki', and dated '7/68'. Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture, in the extreme south-west of t
July 1868
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'Tombs of the 47 Ronins, Yedo' [Tokyo, Japan]. No. 13 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the foot of the drawing, as title, preceded by the monogram signature 'JHB' and date '7/68'. The revenge of the 47 ro
July 1868
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'Yobuko, west coast, Japan'. No. 20 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '7/68'. A country view towards an inlet from the sea, with a road in the foreground. To the left Japanese
July 1868
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'Uraga, Yedo Bay' [Tokyo Bay, Japan]. No. 40 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '7/69'. The Uraga Channel is the entrance to Tokyo Bay, with the town of Uraga itself lying on a dee
July 1869
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Captain (1869). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the starboard profile above the main (upper deck) to above the hurricane deck, and the plan of the hurricane deck for the masted turret ironclad HMS Captain (1869), illustrating the lead of the ropes &c. Mark
29 July 1870
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H.M.S. Crocodile. Coloured lithograph of the ironclad troopship, HMS Crocodile (1887), shown here from her starboard side lying at anchor under a deep orange sky, her white hull reflected in a placid sea. Birds skim the surface of the water. Behind her,
1 Jul 1872
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View showing three windmills on marshland, looking out to sea, with ships and windmills in the distance. Print
24 Jul 1872
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J D Henwood; Cargo vessel. Scale: not calculated. Full hull model of the 'J D Henwood' (circa 1873), a 3-masted ship-rigged cargo vessel. We know that this model took E. Tarry Adams three years to make, because he has signed and dated it on the
July 1873 to July 1876
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HMS Inflexible (1876). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the fore/aft body, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth of the turret battleship HMS Inflexible (1876).
24 July 1873
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Argus (1849). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile with outboard detail for the paddle frigate Argus (1849), after her refit in 1873 at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed by M S Robinson [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard]
23 July 1874
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Dutch barges at Dordrecht 'from Balcony - Bellevue July 1st 1875'. Drawing
1 Jul 1875
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Cypress trees at Betteshanger. Mounted with PAE5534.
26 Jul 1875
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J D Henwood; Cargo vessel. Stand for full hull model of the 'J D Henwood' (circa 1873), a 3-masted ship-rigged cargo vessel. Model is decked. Name "J.D.Henwood" on port and starboard bows. "J.D.Henwood London" on stern. Insi
July 1873-July 1876
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Sketch of a barque and sketches of HMS Minotaur, Thunderer, Black Prince, Defence inscribed ' Channel Fleet passing the Lizard July 12.1877' (on reverse). Bound with PAF9851-PAF9855, PAF9857-PAF9875.
Jul 1877
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