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Twelve Views of His Majesty's Ships, &c. in Different Situations. Captain MacBride in the Artois, taking two Dutch Privateers on the Dogger Bank. Inscribed: "Captain McBride in the Artois, taking two Dutch Privateers on the Dogger Bank."
19 May 1783
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Twelve Views of His Majesty's Ships, &c. in Different Situations. Landing Necessaries on a Raft in a Calm after a Storm, from a Wreck left on a Rock at Low water. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.10. Book 28.
19 May 1783
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Twelve Views of His Majesty's Ships, &c. in Different Situations. Paying a Sloops bottom, with a View of a Dock Yard in Southampton River, by Moon light. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.12. Book 28.
19 May 1783
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Twelve Views of His Majesty's Ships, &c. in Different Situations. The Acteon Frigate running into Portsmouth Harbour, after being on shore upon the Shingles; with a View of Blockhouse Fort, and the Isle of Wight at a distance. Technique includes
19 May 1783
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Twelve Views of His Majesty's Ships, &c. in Different Situations. The Ajax, a Man of War, sailing into Portsmouth Harbour, with a View of South Sea Castle. Technique includes engraving.; Plate No.11. Book 28.
19 May 1783
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Twelve Views of His Majesty's Ships, &c. in Different Situations. The Nymphe frigate passing the Round Tower on Portsmouth Point, on her leaving the Harbour, with a View of Spit-head and St Helen's at a distance. Technique includes engraving
19 May 1783
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Capstan for 74-gun Third Rate, two-dec ker warships.. Scale: 1:16. Plan showing the sections, plans and elevations for a large capstan for 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker warships.
29 May 1783
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Les quatre piquets. Drawing of the quatre piquets punishment, where both hands and feet were bound before the victim was flogged. A caption is written on the mount: ‘à la Grenade en 1783, Charles de Lyver offer. au Regt. de Champagne’.
2 June, 1783
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'Edgar' (1779). Scale: Graduated Bar Scale. A plan showing the layout of the iron ballast, and a plan illustrating the layout of the 'ground tier' of barrels, butts, hogsheads and half-hogsheads for 'Edgar' (1779), a 74-gun T
July 1783
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Sir Roger Curtis. Print
7 Jul 1783
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Squirrel (1785). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the sternboard and counter with some framings as proposed, and approved, for building the Squirrel (1785), a 24-gun, Sixth Rate ship at Liverpool by Mr John Barton.
13th August 1783
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Squirrel (1785). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the Inboard profile plan for building the Squirrel (1785), a 24-gun, Sixth Rate ship at Liverpool by Mr John Barton. Annotation in top right: "A Copy was sent to Mr Barton 14th August 1783 for building the
14th August 1783
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A View of His Majesty's Ship Mediator of 44 Guns... In Chace [sic] of the Menagere, The Eugene hawling [sic] her Wind on the approach of the Mediator. This print shows the British Mediator, in the centre of the picture, with cannon smoke issuing from
1 Sep 1783
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Distress Of the Centaur on the Night of the 16th of Septr, 1782... passage from Jamaica... storm... foundered Twelve persons only escaping from the Wreck. Sepia aquatint inscribed with a description of the picture: 'Distress of the Centaur on the Nig
20 Oct 1783
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Preservation of Cpt Inglefield, the Master, and Ten of the Crew of the Centaur in the Pinnace... on the Great Western Ocean, and after seventeen days at sea, arrived at Fayal. Print
20 Oct 1783
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Magicienne (1781) [ex French Magicienne (1777)]. Scale 1:48. A plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle for Magicienne (1781), a captured French Frigate as taken off prior to fitting as a 32-gun, Fifth Rate Frigate at Chatham Dockyard. NMM, Progress
November 1783
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'Tremendous' (1784). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Tremendous' (1784), a 74-gun Third Rate two-decker, building at Deptford by Mr William Barnard. The plan shows her after her lengthening to 170ft during building.
14 November 1783
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Zephyr (1779). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board, half breadth of the quarter deck, full lower deck, inboard profile, and longitudinal half-breadth of Zephyr (1779), as fitted for a transport from a Brig Sloop (prior to her name ch
26 November 1783
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Dominion of the Seas. Brittania on board the Fox safe moor'd in Portland-road - as Mistress of the sea she receives Homage from the whole World (caricature). Hand-coloured.
1 Dec 1783
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Swift (1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Swift (1783), a captured French merchant ship, as taken off and fitted as an 8-gun Brig Sloop for foreign s
3 December 1783
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