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Fores's Marine Sketches. The Schooner Yacht America, 170 Tons. A broadside port view of 'America' in calm waters. A coastal view provides the backdrop, with buildings to the right and the headland to 'America's bow end. The print
8 Sep 1851
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The Match by the Club of all nations at Cowes The America Making a start ahead 9 Sep 1851. Signed by artist.
9 Sep 1851
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Mr Rust, editor & renovator of the "Pacific Star", and his brother, Dr Rust, outside a saloon in Sacramento City [California], September 1851. No. 59 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page belo
16 September 1851
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St Mark's Square Venice. Dated 16 Sept. 1851. Throughout his career as a painter, Edward Cooke travelled extensively in Europe, visiting France, Holland, Italy, Spain, North Africa and Scandinavia. Paintings and drawings resulted from all his travels
16 September 1851
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'Grass Valley, near Nevada City, California, Septr. 18th 1851'. (Updated, September 2014.) No. 60 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Fanshawe and the 'Daphne
18 September 1851
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Denia Opium clipper topsail schooner built Cowes 1840 (shown off China coast 1851). Signed by artist and dated.
29 Sep 1851
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Rascono (1852). Mounted with PAE5605-PAE5606, PAE5608-PAE5612.
Sep 1852
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Rascono under sail, port side. Mounted with PAE5605, PAE5607-PAE5612.
Sep 1852
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Rascono with church (1852). Mounted with PAE5606-PAE5612.
Sep 1852
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(Recto) Unfinished watercolour of the 'Britannia' anchored in 'Mulah Bay' (Vourla/ Urla Bay), Turkey, west of Smyrna (Izmir); (Verso) Mulah Bay (continued on PAI0875 recto). No. 26 of 36 (PAI0849 - PAI0884). (Recto) Inscribed top r
18 September 1852
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H.M.S. Maeander 44 Guns. Signed by artist in plate. The HMS 'Meander' is shown prominently in the centre-right of the image. A small two-masted is shown in the background to the right of the subject vessel. To the left of the 'Meander'
20 Sep 1853
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HMS St Jean d'Acre, 24 Sep 1853. original art: drawing
1853
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Bomarsund September 1854. Medium includes bodycolour.
Sep 1854
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Sketch of Bomarsund 1854. original art: drawing
Sep 1854
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Sketch of the Battle of Alma on Sept 20th 1854 M.A. Biddulph, Capt. R.A. Adjt. to 3rd Divn. R.A.. Single sheet. Coloured. lithograph. Linen-backed paper. Ungraduated map. Army positions marked in colour.
1854
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Her Majesty's Ships Amphitrite & Trincomalee Beating out of San Francisco on Sepr 23rd 1854. An original watercolour of the 'Amphitrite' and 'Trincomlee'. It is inscribed along the bottom: "Her Majesty's Ships "
1854
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Slight sketches of French steamers Caton, Brandon and Fulton, Sea of Azov, Kerpic 1 Sep 1855. Drawing
Sep 1855
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Coastal view four miles north-eastward of the Reskar Lighthouse, Baro Sound, Finland. No. 6 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, 'Four miles N.E. ward of the Reskar Lighthous
5 September 1855
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Forte (1858). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck for Forte (1858), 51-gun wooden screw frigate. The plan was originally drawn for Chesapeake (1855), Forte (1858) and Aurora (1861), but this version was sent to Deptford Dockyard for building Forte.
February 1855, re dated 5 September 1855
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Seaflower (1830). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck and lower deck with hold for Seaflower (1830), a 4-gun Cutter, as fitted for a Survey Vessel. Signed by Richard Abethell [Master Shipwright, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1852-1861].
18 September 1855
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Drawing of a gun emplacement inscribed 'Gun enfilading the ditch of the Redan'. Mounted with PAG3516.; Bound with PAG3512-PAG3514, PAG3516-PAG3625 with PAG3591, PAG3623 and PAG3624 loose from the album.; Medium includes graphite.
23 Sep 1855
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Drawing of burning town inscribed Tribune off Sevastopol 30th Sept 1855', showing Fort St Nicholas, Fort Alexander and (illegible). Bound with PAG3512-PAG3516, PAG3518-PAG3625 with PAG3591, PAG3623 and PAG3624 loose from the album.; Medium includes g
Sep 1855
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Topsail and To'gallant of a schooner off Bonchurch, 19 Sep 1856. Mounted with PAE5416.
19 Sep 1856
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Loch Carron Sep 1857 showing a grounded rowing boat with a tarpaulin. Drawing
Sep 1857
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A pair of Topi, dated 22 Sept 1857. Mounted with PAE5614-PAE5615.
22 Sep 1857
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'Fort and village of Navarino [Pylos], Septr. 26th 1857' [Greece]. No. 22 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The ninth of a series of drawings of the Mediter
26 September 1857
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'Navarino [Pylos], Septr 26th 1857' [Greece]. No. 23 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The tenth of a series of drawings of the Mediterranean fleet's
26 September 1857
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The Matterhorn & Glacier from the Riffel-Berg. Signed by artist and dated.
18 Sep 1858
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Balmoral Castle. Mounted with PAE5568.
Sep 1859
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A beach scene near the Bass Rock, Near Berwick, dated 3 Sep 1859. original art: drawing
3 Sep 1859
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A beach scene near the Bass Rock, Near Berwick. original art: drawing
3 Sep 1859
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The Explosion on board the Great Eastern Steam Ship, off Hastings, on the 9th September, 1859. The 'Great Eastern' left the Thames on 7 September 1859. Two days later, when she was passing the south coast, a terrific explosion occurred, caused b
1859
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Highland Games. Sword dancing, Balmoral. Mounted with PAE5567.
22 Sep 1859
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Pantaloon (1860). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck with fittings as fitted for Pantaloon (1860), an 11-gun wooden screw sloop.
September 1861
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Clipper Ship True Briton 1100 Tons. Hand-coloured.
21 Sep 1861
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Pantaloon (1860). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold with sections at Stations 18, 10, F, O and H illustrating the stowage and tanks as fitted for Pantaloon (1860), an 11-gun wooden screw sloop. Signed by James Edwards [Assistant Master Shipwright, Devo
25 September 1861
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Pantaloon (1860). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with fittings, a section at Station O illustrating the stowage of 40pdr Armstrong shot or shell, and a section at Station Z as fitted for Pantaloon (1860), an 11-gun wooden screw sloop. Signed b
25 September 1861
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Dunster and Minehead from Blue Anchor Bay, Sept 27 1861. original art: drawing
27 Sep 1861
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Clipper ship Lord Warden 1350 Tons. Print entitled 'Clipper ship Lord Warden 1350 Tons'. The print is coloured.
6 Sep 1862
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'The Fox House' inn, Longshaw, near Sheffield, Yorkshire and a drawing of the surrounding landscape which continues on PAI0953. No. 64 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) Inscribed in the upper centre 'The Fox house 10 Sepr/62.' ‘The Fox
10 September 1862
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Landscape at Longshaw near Sheffield, Yorkshire, with 'The Fox House' inn. No. 65 of 73 (PAI0889 - PAI0961) Inscribed in the upper right corner '------- and Fox House – Longshaw/10 Sepr 1862.' ‘The Fox House’ inn, b
10 September 1862
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The Clipper Screw Steamer Corcyra 791 Tons. The property of the Anglo Ionian Steam Navigation Company limited. Print
22 Sep 1862
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Marsden Rocks, Durham. original art: drawing
4 Sep 1863
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The River Humber with a Humber Keel and other shipping and vessel building on the slips, inscribed. Mounted with PAE6375.
8 Sep 1863
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The small boat harbour, Hull, with a paddle vessel and Humber keels with square topsails. Mounted with PAE6374.
8 Sep 1863
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Sketch of two sailing vessels on a blue sea. With colour notes. Bound with PAF9109-PAF9119, PAF9121-PAF9143.
12 Sep 1865
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Foot of the Pillar of Mussera. copied from Adl Lowther's sketch Made Sept 2nd 1867. Drawing
Sep 1867
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Kigatsu, Hirado, Japan. No. 23 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, 'Kigatsu', with the date '9/68'. A view north across the bay and part of the village of Kigatsu, on the east side of Hirado island (se
September 1868
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Kigatsu, Hirado, west coast of Japan. No. 22 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, 'Kigatsu - Hirado, W. coast of Japan, 9/68'. A view out from a bay, with the small coastal village of the title in the foreground.
September 1868
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23 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth for a 23 ft Cutter, later used for a Jolly Boat. Signed W. B, Robinson [Chief Constructor, Portsmouth Dockyard, 1869-?]. The plan seems to
Originally dated: 11 September 1869
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32ft Galley (1869). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 32ft 14 oared Galley. The plan was later passed to Devonport Dockyard in 1875. Signed by W.B. Robinson [Master Shipwright (late
11 September 1869
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32ft Galley or Gig (1869). Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a 32ft 14-oared Galley or Gig. Signed by William B. Robinson [Master Shipwright (later Chief Constructor), Portsmo
11 September 1869
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Schooner Yacht Dauntless, 262 Tons, New-York Yacht Club. Hand-coloured.
15 Sep 1869
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Rudder buried in the sand. Drawing.
27 Sep 1869
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The Carlisle Castle 1700 Tons. Print
28 Sep 1869
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Sketch of rocks with sea and hills beyond. North side of cove in Dooagh promontory (continued from PAF9461). Bound with PAF9440-PAF9461, PAF9463-PAF9467.
30 Sep 1869
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New Baths, West Cowes, I.W. Print No.6274. Vignette.; Mounted with PAD1282.
1 Sep 1870
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Steam Ship 'Viceroy', 2225 Tons, 240 H.P. J. H. Taylor Commander. Print entitled 'Steam Ship "Viceroy", 2225 Tons, 240 H.P. J H Taylor Commander'. A lithograph on a stout paper/card support and titled as above, showing the
23 September 1871
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Admiral Lord Nelson, from the Picture in the National Portrait Gallery. Print
30 Sep 1871
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Admiral Lord Nelson, from the Picture in the National Portrait Gallery. Supplement The Illustrated London News Sept 30, 1871, -309. Text in English below image.
30 Sep 1871
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The paddle-steamer John Tennant. Print
1 Sep 1873
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View of fishing vessel, inscribed on stern Dieu L Prote Fecamp, and old vessels thatched as dwellings on a beach probably at Etretat, 18 Sept 1873. original art: drawing
18 Sep 1873
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Mainsail Mumbles Oyster Smack - Sep - 1875. original art: drawing
Sep 1875
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The Custom House - Shanghai - 13th Septr 1875. The Chinese Custom House was effectively established by foreign consuls in Shanghai in 1854 to collect maritime trade taxes that went unpaid during the Taiping Rebellion. It was a red-walled house, erected on
Sep 1875
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Iron Clipper Ship Myrtle Holme... James Ritchie, Commander.... Print
23 Sep 1875
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Sketch of Loch Lomond on the reverse of invitation to the President's Address, British Association for the Advancement of Science, 6 September 1876. Sketch of Loch Lomond on the reverse of an invitation to the President's Address, British Associ
1876
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A finished drawing in pencil and wash of a beach with fishing vessels off. Inscr. ' Scheveling ', dated 14 Sept [18] 76. Medium includes wash.
14 Sep 1876
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The Auxiliary S.S. Kent 2300 Tons. Signed by artist.
20 Sep 1876
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Building on a river in Turkey or Egypt, with inscriptions and mathematical calculations on reverse. Stored in album with PAF2339-PAF2352, PAF2354-PAF2357.; Medium includes graphite.
Sep 1877
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Old Caloges Etretat. 16 Sept 1878. original art: drawing
16 Sep 1878
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Messrs Donald Currie & Co's Royal Mail steam ship Taymouth Castle built by Messrs Barclay Curle & Co.... Hand-coloured.; Medium includes gum arabic.; Signed by artist in plate.
24 Sep 1878
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Design proposal for a secretaire from the timbers of Resolute (1850). Plan showing the plan, elevation and section of the proposal for a secretaire for the President of the USA, to be made from the timbers of HMS Resolute (1850), an exploration ship after
9 September 1879
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Gorleston. Sept 2 1880. original art: drawing
2 Sep 1880
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The 'Slave-Market' Church at Mkunazini. A pencil drawing of Zanzibar monogrammed with the artist's initials, 'C.D.M.T'. and an inscription: 'The 'Slave-Market' Church and the Mission Infirmary at Mkunazini in the to
29 September 1880
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'Loch Torridon, Septr 1883' [Scotland]. No. 43 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Loch Torridon is a sea loch, with a lower and upper reach, on the west coas
September 1883
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'Torridon House, D. Darroch, Esqr. Septr 1883' [Scotland]. No. 44 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The view shows the front of Torridon House, on the north
September 1883
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'Falls of Orrin in a spate, Septr 3rd 1883' [Scotland]. No. 42 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Glen Orrin is a valley of the Ross and Cromarty district of
3 September 1883
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Ramsgate - 19th Sep 1883. original art: drawing
19 Sep 1883
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Fishing vessel at Ramsgate. Medium includes graphite and bodycolour.; Signed by artist.
1 Sep 1885
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The Puritan and Genesta on the Homestretch. In their Second and Final International Race for the America's Cup Sept 16th 1885. Won by the Puritan. Print
1885
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View of Ramsgate with vessels. Medium includes watercolour.
17 Sep 1885
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Sketch of a rainbow, shown with St Hilda's church, Whitby. Sketch of a rainbow above St Hilda's church, Whitby. Below the sketch is written: 'A glorious rainbow seen by us (S.E.H., E.D.H., J.C.W.H., & W.J.H.) 8 Sept 1886 at Whitby. By
8 September 1886
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Annotated drawing of Greenwich Pier with a view of the Hospital buildings. A pencil sketch looking east across the front of the Royal Naval College from the west side of Greenwich Pier, dated 'Greenwich Septr 16/87' lower right. It shows the old
16 September 1887
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Sketch of Greenwich Pier. A pencil study made from the centre of the Greenwich Pier pontoon, looking west (upstream). The western flight of waterstairs are on the right with an advertisement board (annotated as 'Advt Board') on the railings abov
16 September 1887
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Victorious Volunteer. America's Cup Race off Sandy Hook, Sept 30th 1887 between the American sloop Volunteer and the Scotch Cutter Thistle... Sloop Volunteer of Royal Eastern Yacht Club. Designer Edward Burgess. Cutter Thistle Clyde Yacht Club. Desig
1887
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Fishing boats off the pier at Scarborough 18 Sept 1891, annotated. Drawing
18 Sep 1891
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Engine Room on the 'Lucania' (1893). Interior of the passenger liner 'Lucania' (1893) showing the upper platform of the Engine Room. A view of one of the two sets of triple-expansion engines manufactured by Fairfield Shipbuilding &
2 September 1893
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'Floating out of a Battleship, Chatham Dockyard' (HMS 'Illustrious'). Inscribed 'No 15 Idler' [? possibly 'Illus']' this study was reproduced as no. 15 (p.40) in Wyllie's small instructional book 'Mar
probably September 1896
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HMS Caesar First Class Battle Ship Floated out at Portsmouth, Sepbr 2nd 1896. Named by Lady Salmon. Rear Admiral E Rice, Admiral Superintendent J A Yates Esqre, Chief Constructor. Drawing
2 Sep 1896
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Harbour and herring fleet, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Scarborough became a popular seaside resort after the health benefits of sea bathing were promoted here by a local doctor in 1660. Although bathing machines can be seen in the foreground of this photograp
22 September 1897
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The Iquique at Capetown, 1898. Drawing.
Sep 1898
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H.M.S London Named and Launched at Portsmouth, September 21st 1899, by Lady George Hamilton. Rear Admiral Pelham Aldrich, Admiral Superintendent. J.A. Yates, Esq, Chief Constructor. Heightened with white.; Signed by artist.
1899
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Vanity Fair Septr 19th 1901. 'Shamrock' (Sir Thos Lipton) (caricature). Print
10 Sep 1901
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'Warrior' (1860) [later 'Vernon III' (1904)]. Scale 1:24. A plan showing proposed alterations to the topsides in the area of the poop of the broadside ironclad 'Warrior' (1860) in connection with her planned conversion to the
28 September 1904
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Model of the 'Columbia' (1902). A full hull builders' model of the passenger liner 'Columbia' (1902), as displayed in the Naval, Shipping, and Fisheries Exhibition at Earl's Court, London, in 1905. A view of the port side of
5 September 1905
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Model of the 'Oceanic' (1899). A full hull builders' model of the passenger liner 'Oceanic' (1899), as displayed in the Naval, Shipping, and Fisheries Exhibition at Earl's Court, London, in 1905. A view of the port side of th
5 September 1905
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28 Sep 1907
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Harris Institute Receipt. Receipt from the Harris Institute, Preston belonging to Dr Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), surgeon on Shackleton's last two expeditions. 7/6 received for a mechanical engineering course, signed J.W. Mathison and date
1908
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Papanui (1898) abandoned as a burnt out wreck off St Helena.. A port bow view of the passenger/cargo ship Papanui (1898) at anchor after the fire had been put out and the ship abandoned as a wreck. The starboard side between the bridge and forecastle has
pre 19 September 1911
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Upper Humber reduced from Conservator's survey August 6th - September 5th 1913.. Single sheet, coloured lithograph. Scale [circa 1:20,000]. The scale, soundings and depth contours are given in feet.
1913
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