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Prize medal, Hastings Sea Fencibles 1801. An engraved plate. Obverse: A sailor in his right hand an anchor, in his left a staff and pendant. Reverse Inscription "A REWARD OF MERIT CAPTAIN E.H.COLUMBINE COMMANDER". Legend: "HASTINGS SEA FENC
1801
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Queen Charlotte (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some quarter detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed for Queen Charlotte (1810), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. Note that part of the head of the longitudinal
31 August 1801
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Rackoon (fl.1801). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with full deck plan for Rackoon (fl.1801), a captured French 14-gun corvette.
1801
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Rosario (captured 1800). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline and some decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Rosario (captured 1800), a captured French privateer, as fitt
September 1801
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San Josef (captured 1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sternboard outline with decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail, quarter decoration and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for San Josef (captured 1797), a captured Spa
25 February 1801
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San Josef (captured 1797). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the middle deck, gun deck (lower deck), and orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for San Josef (captured 1797), a captured Spanish First Rate, as fitted at Plymouth Dockyard for a 114-gun First Rat
25 February 1801
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San Josef (captured 1797). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, and upper deck for San Josef (captured 1797), a captured Spanish First Rate, as fitted at Plymouth Dockyard for a 114-gun First Rate, three-decker. Signed John Marshall
25 February 1801
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Sauce tureen base. Base for sauce tureen.
1801
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Sauce tureen lid. Lid for sauce tureen.
1801
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Silver plate. A silver plate that was presented to Lord Nelson as part of a set, by the Lloyd's Committee after the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. It consists of a plain plate with a gadrooned rim, engraved on the border with the complete arms of Nels
1801
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Silver sauce tureen with lid presented to Lord Nelson. Sauce tureen with cover of oval urn shape, being part of the service presented to Nelson after the Battle of Copenhagen. One side is engraved with Nelson's coat of arms as Viscount. with usual mo
1801
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Silver sauce tureen with lid. Boat-shaped sauce tureen on oblong plinths, with gadrooned top rim. Domed cover with reeded loop handle. One side is engraved with Nelson's coat of arms as Viscount. with usual mottos. The cover has the chelengk crest on
1801
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Sketch of Cossire Bay - Red Sea. Single sheet, manuscript. Scale: [ca. 1:75 000 (bar)]. Lat & long noted, variation marked. Soundings and shoals, notes on tide. Scale of 1 mile. Alternative spellings: Quseer, Kossier. A text note states: In this small
1801
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Sultan's Medal For Egypt, 1801. Order of the Crescent, 3rd class, associated with Sir John Ross (1777-1856). Obverse: Within a ribboned floral wreath as border, the Sultan's monogram. Reverse: Within a similar border the crescent of the moon and
1801
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Supplies carried to a small sailing vessel. Technique includes etching.; Bound in paper covers with PAD7614-PAD7618, PAD7620-PAD7621.
1801
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The Attack of the Turkish Gun-boats on the Castle of Aboukir. Print
1801
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The East Indiaman 'Warley'. The 1475-ton East Indiaman 'Warley', one of the larger and more famous vessels of the East India Company, shown in three positions off Blackwall, on the Thames, at sunset. The ship is shown in port-broadside
1804
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Thomas Young, Captain of Marines. Oval miniature in watercolour on ivory, in a gilt metal oval suspension locket, with a glazed back enclosing a woven pattern of dark brown hair. Previous record states there is an inscription on the reverse which reads &#
1801
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Tureen lid. Domed cover with reeded loop handle.
1801
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Two pence token commemorating the Eddystone lighthouse. Twopenny token commemorating the Eddystone lighthouse. Obverse: View of the Eddystone Lighthouse. Legend: 'S. VIEW . OF . THE . EDYSTONE . LIGHTHOUSE . COMPLEATED . OCR 9 . 1759. BY . I . SMEATO
1801
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Verscheide Soorten van Schepen en Vaartuigen geteekent en geetst, door G: Groenewgen. 1801. Plate No.1. Title page.
1801
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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Head-and-shoulders marble bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson on a round socle. Nelson is shown facing forward, his head turned slightly to his left. He is in rear-admiral's full-dress uniform, with the empty
1801
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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, Viscount Nelson. A head-and-shoulders sketch facing right. The head is a sketch for a full-length portrait which is in St Andrew's Hall, Norwich. The portrait was painted after Copenhagen in 1801, when Nelson d
1801
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Visschers Pinkje op't strand. Plate No.2.
1801
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Wasp (captured 1800). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline and some decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Wasp (captured 1800), a captured French privateer. The plan ill
July 1801
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Wasp (captured 1800). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck and fore & aft platforms for Wasp (captured 1800), a captured French privateer. The plan illustrates the ship as fitted as an 18-gun Ship Sloop. Signed by Joseph Tucker [Master Shipwrig
July 1801
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Zeeuws Beurtman zittende te banke of schoon te maken. Plate No.4.
1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a boring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components. There is a piece of wood from which the block is to be made which has been cut to the proper size by a sawing machine. Two drills work
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a coaking machine made entirely in metal. The machine is supported on three architectural brass columns and three smaller columns above. The frame is made of brass and the working components are made in brass and steel. The
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a corner sawing machine made in metal. The machine is supported on four architectural brass columns. The frame is made of brass and the working components are made in brass and steel. The model has a rectangular block of woo
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a lathe made in metal. The machine is mounted on a platform supported by four architectural brass columns inclined at an angle of about 80 degrees and the working components are made in brass and steel. Two sheaves are depic
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a mortising machine made entirely in metal with component parts made of brass and steel. At one end of the model is a large six spoked wheel painted black, and a large handle for operating the model. Two mortises are cut by
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. A model of a rounding and drilling machine made in metal. The machine is mounted on a platform supported by four architectural brass columns inclined at an angle of about 80 degrees and the working components are made in brass and stee
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of a boring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of a corner sawing machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. Block for the model of the scoring machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. Finished sheave for the model of the rounding and drilling machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. Sheave for the model of a coaking machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. Sheave for the model of a lathe made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
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. Scale: circa 1:4. Sheave for the model of the rounding and drilling machine made in metal with a wooden base and brass and steel working components.
About 1801
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. Scale: Unknown. A model of a shaping machine made entirely in metal with wooden components and a brass frame. The uprights depict architectural columns and the whole structure is rectangular in plan view. Two crossbars support an axle on which is placed
circa 1802
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. Scale:circa 1:4. A model of a scoring machine made in metal with working components made in brass and steel. The machine is supported on four architectural brass columns within a brass frame surmounted by two acorn shaped finials. Two blocks are shown b
About 1801
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. Small rectangular gold brooch, fitted with a small suspension ring. A lock of plaited hair is contained within the centre of the brooch and is surrounded by a border of pink paste. The back of the brooch is inscribed 'E.L.H. from H.N. 1801'.
probably 1801
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A Distressed Sailor. Destitute sailors temporarily without a ship or more often invalided out of service were a common sight both in Britain and abroad. While the loss of a limb might not effect the opportunities of a senior officer, for example Lord Nels
1 Jan 1801
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Foreign Amusements or the British Lion on the Watch (caricature). Hand-coloured.
1 Jan 1801
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Henry D'Esterre Darby Esqr. Captain of His Majesty's Ship Bellerophon. Print
1 Jan 1801
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Investigator (1801). No scale (possibly 1:48). Plan showing the elevation and plan for the quarter deck illustrating the garden room on Investigator (1801), as proposed (and approved) for fitting her as a Discovery Vessel. Note: she is still referred to
1 January 1801
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Investigator (1801). No scale (possibly 1:48). Plan showing the upper deck (part quarter deck) illustrating the arrangement of the cabins for the 'principal gentlemen' on Investigator (1801), as proposed and approved for fitting her as a Discov
1 January 1801
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Norfolk Hospital, Greenwich [Trinity Hospital]. Trinity Hospital, East Greenwich, founded in 1613 by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, here shown before being somewhat remodelled externally in 1812 in its present 'Gothick style', and with its w
1 January 1801
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Perrys Dock Yard Blackwall. The Blackwall shipyard, begun in the late 16th century, continued, under various owners, to repair and build ships, particularly for the East India Company, throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. By the late 18th century Perry
1 Jan 1801
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Blenheim (1761). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the outboard profile of 'Blenheim' (1761), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, illustrating her as cut down (razeed) to a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker at Chatham Dockyard. This was approved by Admiralty
15 January 1801
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Steam Dredger (1801). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the plan, elevation and sections for the steam driven dredging apparatus proposed to be fitted to a floating vessel for use in harbours and rivers not exceeding twenty-eight feet. Signed by Henry Peake
22 January 1801
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The Right Honble Lord Nelson, KB. Vice Admiral of the Blue, Duke of Bronti, &c. Engraved by Jas Heath Historical Engraver to his Majesty, from an original Picture painted by Abbot, in the possession of John McArthur Esq. Stipple engraving.
26 Jan 1801
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Archer class (1800) of 58 12-gun Gunbrigs. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for the 58 ships of the Archer class (1800), 12-gun Gunbrigs built by contract. Reverse is annotated with a list of the builders and the
27 January 1801
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A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique (caricature). Print 'A Cognocenti contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique (caricature)'. A complex and extremely pointed satire on Sir William Hamilton and his wife Emma’s notorious rel
Published 11 Februrary 1801
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Admiral Kingsmill. Technique includes stipple engraving.
1 Feb 1801
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Sir Edward Hamilton Kt. Print
1 Feb 1801
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Sir Edwd Hamilton cutting out the Hermione from Porto Cavallo. Vignette.
1 Feb 1801
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Dido in Despair (caricature). Print 'Dido in Despair (caricature)'. This print satirizes the scandalous relationship between Nelson and Emma Hamilton, casting them in the roles of Dido and Aeneas, the central love interest of the classical Roma
Published 6 February 1801
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A Correct Plan of the Present Position of the French & Spanish Fleets now Blockaded in the Harbour of Brest by the English Fleet Under the Command of Earl St Vincent. Jan? 1801. Print
9 Feb 1801
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To Captain Sir H.B. Neale Bart, of His Majesty's Ship St Fiorenzo the Honble Captain Herbert of the Amelia... This Print representing their Engagement with Three French Frigates & a Gun Vessel aided by a Battery on the Shore, close in with Bellei
12 Feb 1801
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Northern Bears taught to Dance (caricature). Hand-coloured.; No.34. Bound in album PAG8512 with prints PAG8513-PAG8647; PAG8649- PAG8666.
14 Feb 1801
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Descriptions of Battles by Sea & Land, in Two Volumes, From the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea [Pensioners] (caricature). Mounted with PAG8544.; Hand-coloured.; No.33. See PAD4733, another copy for notes. Bound in album PAG8512 with p
Mar 1801
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Descriptions of Battles by Sea & Land, in Two Volumes, From the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea. [Caricature of Greenwich and Chelsea pensioners]. A celebrated Dighton print of two battle-scarred veterans in animated conversation on a
March 1801
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Descriptions of Battles by Sea & Land, in Two Volumes. From the Kings Library's at Greenwich & Chelsea (caricature). See PAD4733, another copy, for a description of this etching which depicts a Greenwich and Chelsea Pensioner exchanging tales
March 1801
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Captain William Locker. Print entitled 'Commodore Willm Locker', taken from the 'Naval Chronicle' biography of him following his death in 1800 while still in post as Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital; from the oil by Stuart, sh
1 Mar 1801
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The Right Honble Lord Keith K B, Vice Admiral of the Red. Technique includes etching.
1 Mar 1801
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The Right Honble Lord Keith K.B. Vice Admiral of the Red. Print
1 Mar 1801
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A plan of the operations of the British forces in Egypt from the landing in Aboukir Bay on the 8th of March to the Battle of Alexandria March 21st inclusive. Single sheet. Hand col. engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: ca. 1:70 000 (bar). Cartograph
1801
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Rarities from abroad!!! (caricature). Hand-coloured.
18 Mar 1801
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Commerce de Marseilles. Print. Coloured etching showing the the port side of the Commerce de Marseilles (1788), which was captured from the French at the Siege of Toulon and added 29 August 1793. Commerce de Marseiiles was an 118 gun, first rate three dec
21 Mar 1801
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Halifax (captured 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 Halifax (captured 1797), a captured French privateer, as fitted at Plymouth Docky
25 March 1801
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Halifax (captured 1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck for Halifax (captured 1797), a captured French privateer, as fitted at Plymouth Dockyard in 1801 as 12-gun Armed Brig. Halifax was originally given the name 'Mary
25 March 1801
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The British Fleet off Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, 28 March 1801 [before the Battle of Copenhagen]. The British fleet under Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, with Nelson (flying blue at the fore) as second-in-command, is shown here during its southward passage of th
1810
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The British fleet passing up the Sound 28th March 1801. The British fleet is shown passing up the sound between Denmark and Sweden on 28th March 1801. The drawing has the names of some of the vessels shown, written in the margin of the picture, and notes
January 1802
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Battle of Copenhagen 30 March 1801 He British fleet in the Sound (with key). Medium includes gouache.; Signed by artist and dated.
1804
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Sir Robert Kingsmill Bart Admiral of the Blue Squadron. Print
31 Mar 1801
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'Lord Nelson's Reception at Fonthill. Gentleman's Magazine April 1801. Pl.I.p.28'. From the ‘Gentleman's Magazine’ April 1801, pl. I, p. 28. On 20 March 1801 William Beckford entertained Lord Nelson, Sir William and La
Published April 1801
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Admiral Suffrein. Print
1 Apr 1801
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View of the Sound taken beyond the Fortress of Cronembourg. Hand-coloured.
1 Apr 1801
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Battle of Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801. Single sheet. Engraving. Contains a view of the city of Copenhagen from the outer road. The ships involved in the action are depicted in profile and named. Text in a box on the right lists the participant ships. Text
1801
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The Battle of Copenhagen 2 April 1801 (with key). Medium includes gouache.; Signed by artist and dated.
1803
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The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. In 1801 the northern powers of Russia, Denmark, Sweden and Prussia, the last three under pressure from the mentally unstable Tsar Paul I - formed an armed coalition that constituted a threat to British interests in
1801
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The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801, fought to force Denmark out of the hostile ‘Armed Neutrality’ of the Northern Powers – Russia, Sweden, Denmark and Prussia –was the second of Nelson�
1806
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Victory of Copenhagen April 2 1801. Single sheet. Ms. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Contents Note: There is a numbered key to the Danish and British ships and a list of the British ships and their casualties.
1801
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[Copy of ] 'A Chart of Bligh's Islands' [Fiji] by William Bligh, with tracks of the 'Bounty' launch (1789), 'Providence' and 'Assistant' (1792), and 'Hope' and 'Ann' (1799). Copy chart inscr
14 April 1801
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A Plan of The Unparalleled Battle before Copenhagen, April 2d, 1801, Between a Detachment of Sir Hyde Parker's Fleet, commanded by Lord Nelson and the Danish Fleet. Taken on the spot by an Officer, and presented by Him to the Publisher. Print
22 Apr 1801
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The Indignant Tar. (caricature). Print
25 Apr 1801
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Captain John Cooke. Print
1 May 1801
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Invoice Marks for West India & America Merchants &c &c. No.10.
1 May 1801
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From Sir William Hamilton's Collection (caricature). Nelson as a Greek Vase. Hand-coloured.
8 May 1801
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