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Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, Lord High Admiral, Knight of the Garter etc, born 1536 died 1624. Print
20 May 1797
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The Pelican Brig, beating the French frigate Medea, into Guadaloupe, after an Action of 2 hours. Hand-coloured.; Stored in mount with PAD5506.
25 May 1797
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Escape of HMS 'Clyde' from the Nore mutiny, 30 May 1797. During the mutiny at the Nore, off Sheerness, which followed on from that at Spithead, only two ships' captains managed to maintain some control of their commands. One of these was C
1830
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HMS 'Clyde' Arriving at Sheerness After the 'Nore' Mutiny, 30 May 1797. During the mutiny at the Nore, off Sheerness, which followed on from that at Spithead, only two ships' captains managed to maintain some control of their comm
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Parker the Delegate, Sketch'd by a Naval Officer. Print
Jun 1797
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A Third Rate. Print
1 Jun 1797
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Iohn Hall. olim Majora AEtatis Suae ig 1646. Print
1 Jun 1797
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The Indefatigable of 44 Guns Capt. Sr Edward Pellew engaging and capturing La Virginie of 44 Guns. This coloured engraving shows the naval action between the British Indefatigable and the French La Virginie which took place in April 1791. Indefatigable, s
1 Jun 1797
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'The Delegates in Counsel or Beggars on Horseback'. Print of caricature "The Delegates in Counsel or Beggars on Horseback". French Revolutionary principles spread even to the Royal Navy. Published at the critical moment of the naval m
Published 9 June 1797
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The Delegates in Council or Beggars on Horseback (caricature). Mounted with PAG8536.; Hand-coloured.; No.23. The delegates are the council of the Nore mutineers meeting in the cabin of a ship with an officer [name TBC] attending hat in hand to hear their
9 Jun 1797
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The Sailor and Long-Back'd Horse. (caricature). Technique includes etching.; Plate No.180.; Text in English below image.
10 Jun 1797
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Capt. Trollope in the Glatton of 54 Carronades Engaging a French Squadron of 8 Ships of War carrying 230 guns. Print.
15 June 1797
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Capt. Trollope in the Glatton, of 54 Carronades Engaging a French Squadron of 8 Ships of war carrying 230 guns. Coloured mezzotint entitled 'Capt. Trollope in the Glatton, of 54 Carronades Engaging a French Squadron of 8 Ships of war carrying 230 gun
15 June 1797
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Ocean (1805). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the profile proposed (and approved) for lengthening the 'Ocean' (1805) a 98-gun Second Rate, three-decker. The plan also includes other alterations from 1798 and some pencil details illustrating her cut dow
15 June 1797
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Bacchante. Emma Hamilton as a Bacchante, printed and published by Charles Knight after painting by George Romney.
17 Jun 1797
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View 1st of the Victory obtained by the British Fleet, .....over the Fleet of Spain off Cape St Vincent on the 14th of February 1797..... Hand-coloured.
20 Jun 1797
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Explosion from His Majesty's Ship Boyne after having burnt to the Water's Edge, and grounded on the Horse Shoal near South Sea Castle. Print depicting an explosion from His Majesty's Ship Boyne (Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis's flagship,
1 Jul 1797
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Prince Eugene. Print
1 Jul 1797
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View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns, on Fire by Accident at Spithead, May 1795. View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns (Vice-Admiral Sir John Jervis's flagship, in action in the West Indies in 1794) on fire at Spithead, May 179
1 Jul 1797
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Nelson in conflict with a Spanish launch at the blockade of Cadiz, 3 July 1797. Print
May 1809
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Nelson in conflict with a Spanish launch, 3 July 1797. After the Battle of St Vincent, 14 February 1797, the Spanish fleet was blockaded in Cadiz harbour by the British. The inshore squadron of the fleet was commanded by Sir Horatio Nelson. On 3 July, he
1806
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Nelson's conflict with a Spanish Launch, 3rd July 1797. Print
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'Richard Parker President of the Delegates in the late Mutiny in his Majesty's Fleet at the Nore For which he sufferd Death on board the Sandwich the 30th of June 1797'. Richard Parker, as the caption states, was the leader of the naval mut
Published 8 July 1797
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'Sir Sidney Smith. Imprisoned in the Abbaye Paris on the 23rd April 1796. Transferred from thence to the Tower of the Temple on the 3rd July 1796'. Text in English below image. An oil painting either by Hennequin or based on this print is on loa
Published 20 July 1797
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Richard Parker who was executed on board the Sandwich off Sheerness on Friday June 30th 1797, pursuant to the sentence of a Court Martiall, for having been the Principal in a most daring Mutiny on board several of his Majesty's Ships at the Nore, &am
Published 21 July 1797
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Nelson wounded at Tenerife, 24 July 1797. After the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, Nelson was stationed off Cadiz and was ordered to take possession of the town and harbour of Santa Cruz in Tenerife, where Spanish treasure ships were reporte
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Nelson wounded in the arm, off the mole of Teneriffe, 24th July 1797. Print
1840
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Sir Horatio Nelson when wounded at Teneriffe, Night of July 24th 1797. A print after Richard Westall’s 1806 painting, ‘Nelson Wounded at Tenerife, 24 July 1797’, see BHC0498. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1807 with the title,
1809
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Nelson's First letter written in the left hand. (Believed to be) Nelson's first letter written in the left hand. Writing to St Vincent following the loss of his right arm in the failed attack on Teneriffe, Nelson bemoans his injury and asks for
1797-07-27
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View taken on the Esplanade, Calcutta. Hand-coloured.; No.1.
Aug 1797
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Adml Jervis From the original Picture in the Collection of Adm. Barrington. Print
1 Aug 1797
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Paul 1st. Emperor of Russia. Print
1 Aug 1797
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'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plans showing the inboard profile for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. Signed by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy,1784-1806], and William Rule
11 August 1797
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'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the gun deck (lower deck) for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun, Third rate, two-decker. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and William Rule [Surveyor of the Na
11 August 1797
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'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, prior to the modifications to the carronade ports on the quarterdeck. Initialled by John Henslow
11 August 1797
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'Plantagenet' (1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and William Rule [S
11 August 1797
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'Horatio Nelson Esqr now Sir Horatio Nelson K.B. Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron. From an Original Picture in the possession of W.Locker Esqr- Lieut. Govr of Greenwich Hospital'. Stipple engraving. A print after the three-quarter length portra
Published 14 August 1797
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Horatio Lord Nelson. Print
14 Aug 1797
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Horatio Nelson Esqr now Sir Horatio Nelson KB Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron from an original Picture in the possession of Wm Locker Esqr - Lieut Govr of Greenwich Hospital. Print
14 Aug 1797
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Horatio Nelson Esqr now Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron. From an Original Picture in the possession of W. Locker Esqr - Lieut. Govr. of Greenwich Hospital. - Price. Stored in mount with PAD3886.
14 Aug 1797
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Horatio Nelson, Esqr. now Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, From an Original Picture in the possession of W. Locker Esqr. - Lieut Govr of Greenwich Hospital. Print
14 Aug 1797
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Horatio Nelson. Proof before title. This is an early proof impression of the first engraved portrait of Nelson, published when he was a rear-admiral. The source is the oil portrait of him as a captain by J. F. Rigaud (BHC2901) completed in or shortly afte
Published 14 August 1797
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Captn Faulknor in the Zebra of 16 guns storming Fort Royal, Martinique...Commanded by Rochambeau. Hand-coloured.
15 Aug 1797
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George Lord Dartmouth. Print
17 Aug 1797
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The Lapwing, under Captain Barton, capturing a French Frigate in the West-Indies. A coloured aquatint depicting the English 28-gun, 6th rate ‘Lapwing’, under the command of a Captain Burton, capturing the French frigate Decius and sinking the
21 August 1797
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The Earl of St Vincent. Print
5 Sep 1797
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Ant (1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Ant (1797), a purchased merchant vessel, as taken off at Portsmouth Dockyard and fitted as a 4
14 September 1797
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To Captain Sir Thomas Williams, This Print representing The Capture of the French Frigate La Tribune by His Majesty's Ship The Unicorn on the 8th June 1796. Print
14 Sep 1797
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To Captain Sir Thomas Williams, This Print representing the Capture of the French Frigate La Tribune by His Majesty's Ship The Unicorn on the 8th June 1796...Is...inscribed. Hand-coloured.
14 Sep 1797
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'His Majesty's Ship Director firing her last broadside to which the Vreyhied [Vryheid] struck...' (at the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797). original art: drawing over etched outline. In the centre the dark bulk of Admiral de Winter�
April 1798
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Admiral Duncan Receiving the Sword of the Dutch Admiral de Winter at the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797. An interpretation of Admiral Duncan receiving the surrender of the Dutch Admiral de Winter, following the Battle of Camperdown, painted 30 year
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Duncan Receiving the Surrender of de Winter at the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797. An interpretation of the surrender of the Dutch fleet following the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797. This battle was fought in the wake of the Battle of St Vin
1797
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The battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797. Off the coast of Holland, near Camperdown, on 11 October 1797, the British fleet defeated the Dutch, aligned with the Revolutionary French. Throughout the year the British Admiral Adam Duncan had been stationed w
1801
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The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797. Throughout 1797, with Holland in enforced alliance with Revolutionary France, the British Admiral Adam Duncan had been stationed watching the Dutch fleet in Den Helder. His difficulty in maintaining this vigil wa
1798
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Unnamed 56ft Mooring Lighter (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with some fitting details, for an unnamed 56ft Mooring Lighter for Chatham Dockyard (1798). Signed by John Hensl
13 October 1797
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Longboat Number 2 (1797). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Longboat Number 2, a single-masted forty-two foot longboat for Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by Thomas Mitchell [
24 October 1797
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Longboat Number 2 (1797). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck with fore and aft platforms for Longboat Number 2 (1797), a single-masted forty-two foot longboat for Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by Thomas Mitchell [Master Shipwrigh
24 October 1797
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Jean Bart. History of France. Print
1 Nov 1797
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Sir Fras Drake. Print
Dec 1797
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45ft Longboat (1798). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for a single-masted 45ft longboat to be built by Mrs Mary Ross for Chatham Dockyard.
circa early December 1797
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Admiral de Winter (from the Original Picture). Painted by Mr Orme & presented by the Admiral to Lord Viscount Duncan. Print
18 Dec 1797
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Lord Viscount Duncan from the Original Picture Painted by Mr Orme & Presented by his Lordship To Admiral De Winter. Print
18 Dec 1797
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A Representation of the Glorious Victory obtained by Admiral Duncan over the Dutch Fleet, Octr. 11th.1797.... Technique includes etching.; Text in English below image.
19 Dec 1797
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War. One of a pair of aquatints (the other of 'Peace' is ZBA4127) recording two large paintings by William Hodges, which were exhibited in London in December and January 1794-95 as centrepieces of a one-man show intended to recoup his financial
26 December 1797
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