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The Victory's crew sav'd by the Isabella. Steel engraving showing the rescue of John Ross and his crew in 1833, after being stranded for four winters in the Arctic. Many people in England believed they were dead. By coincidence, Ross was found b
1834
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To the friends of Negro Emancipation. (Negros rejoicing at their freedom). The inscription below the image reads: “To the Friends of NEGRO EMANCIPATION, this Print is Inscribed,/ A GLORIOUS AND HAPPY ERA, ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST, BURSTS UPON THE WEST
1834
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Token. Token. Obverse: Port broadside view of a full-rigged ship under sail. Legend: 'FOR THE CONSTITUTION HURRA!' Reverse: Legend, 'FLOURISH COMMERCE, FLOURISH INDUSTRY.' Inscription: 'WHIGS OF N. YORK VICTORIOUS, les trois jours
1834
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Vernon (1832). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the hold with platforms and sections, illustrating the stowage of ballast, barrels and tanks fitted on Vernon (1832), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, large Frigate. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 229, states that &#
Circa 1841
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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). (Updated February 2015) Head-and-part-shoulders over-life-size bronze bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, facing forward, in rear-admiral's full-dress uniform (one shoulder star). There are two broad ribbon
1834
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[New Zealand] To the Right Honble. Thos. Spring Rice Secretary of State for the Colonies &c. &c. &c. this chart of New Zealand from original surveys is respectfully dedicated by his very obedient servant, Thomas Mc.Donnell, Lieut. R.N.. Single
1834
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. A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-8. A silver fiddle-pattern table fork belonging to Thomas Henry Dundas le Vesconte. It was obtained from the Inuit at Repulse Bay in 1854 by the Rae Expedition. The Inuit said that they had found
1834-5
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Captain John Ross K.S. R.N. To His Majesty. This Portrait is (by special Permission) humbly and gratefully Inscribed... From a Picture by B.R. Faulkner Esqr in the possession of Capt. J. Ross. Print
Jan 1834
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Greenwich Hospital. This is either a copy of a drawing by Holland or is taken from an undated print by J. Henshall (PAD2258) derived from it. Holland certainly drew a similarly panoramic view on 21 October 1832 (Trafalgar Day) which is also in the collect
probably 1834
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H.M.S. Caledonia. Signed by artist and dated, on reverse.
25 Jan 1834
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Camperdown (1825). No scale. Plan showing an elevation and plan of modification to the tiller hole in the rudder head for Camperdown (1825), a 100-gun, Third Rate, three decker. Signed John Fincham [Master Shipwright, Sheerness Dockyard].
Dated: 4 February 1834
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Passengers disembarking from a ferry with a cargo of barrels. Medium includes graphite. The drawing is dated off the image lower right.
17 Feb 1834
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A West Indiaman in a Storm. Medium includes etching. See also another copy, PAF7715 to which the name 'Protector' as that of the ship was attached as a previous title.
20 Mar 1834
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A West Indiaman in a Storm. Technique includes etching. The previous title used for this copy of this print named the ship as 'Protector', but on what grounds this is based is now uncertain. See also PAH0556, another copy with full letterpress.
20 Mar 1834
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'Princess Charlotte' (1828); 'Impregnable' (1810); 'Camperdown' (1820). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the sail and spar plan, with alterations, for Princess Charlotte (1828) and Impregnable (1810), and possibly for Camperdown (1
22 March 1834
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Ship Duke of Northumberland Capt W L Pope off the Cape March 27th 1834. Watercolour drawing of the British merchantman Duke of Northumberland (1831), inscribed on a sheet attached to verso: "Ship Duke of Northumberland, Capt W L Pope off the Cape Mar
27 Mar 1834
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The Way of the World (Greenwich Pensioners) (caricature). Grant's Oddities No 7. Two battered Greenwich Pensioners, one missing all four limbs, the other an arm and a leg, in conversation outside a building marked 'The Helpless Ward' of the
26 April 1834
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Shipwrecked passengers. Depicting a man on ropes holding a woman with a child. Mounted with PAH7415.; No.32.
1 May 1834
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Shipwrecked passengers. Depicting a woman in the sea holding up her child. Mounted with PAH7416.; No.31.
1 May 1834
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Removal of Egyptian antiquities at British Museum, one of eleven drawings by E W Cooke's sisters, Laura and Georgiana, inscribed Removal of one of the Sarcophani, from the original sketch in the possession of Edd Hawkins Esq. Brit: Mus: made 27 May 1
1834
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Removal of Egyptian antiquities at British Museum, one of eleven drawings by E W Cooke's sisters, Laura and Georgiana from original sketch by E.W. Cooke made on the spot May 31st 1834 in the possession of Ed. Hawkins Esq. Brit: Mus. original art: dra
1834
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The Water Witch. Technique includes etching.
1 Jun 1834
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The Water Witch. Technique includes etching.; Stored in mount with PAD6156.
1 Jun 1834
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Removal of Egyptian antiquities at British Museum, one of eleven drawings by E W Cooke's sisters, Laura and Georgiana from the original sketch by E.W. Cooke made June 2nd 1834. Inserting the moveable center. Holding the fall. Signed by artist.
1834
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A triple iron block drawn on the occasion of installation of the Egyptian Antiquities at the B M. Mounted with PAE5528.
3 Jun 1834
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Removal of Egyptian antiquities at British Museum, one of eleven drawings by E W Cooke's sisters, Laura and Georgiana from original sketches by Cooke. Annotated original sketch made 3rd June. original art: drawing
1834
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Trial of the R.Y.S. Brig Water Witch on the 5th Septr 1832, off the Scilly Islands with H.M. Ships Vernon, Donegal, Stag & Snake (bow view). Hand-coloured.
12 Aug 1834
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Trial of the R.Y.S. Brig Water Witch, on the 6th Septr 1832 off the Scilly Islands with H.M. Ships Vernon, Castor & Snake (portside view). Hand-coloured.
12 Aug 1834
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'Nymph', a yacht belonging to Lord Harborough, 1834. The heir to an estate in Wales, a musician and mathematician, Calvert Jones led the life of a leisured gentleman and gave up his parishes early in life. His watercolours, mainly of shipping, a
September 1834
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HMS Champion Sept 1834. Drawing
Sep 1834
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Admiral Lord Hawke. OB.1781. From the Original by Cotes, in the Naval Gallery at Greenwich Hospital. Print
1 Sep 1834
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'The Last Supper'. Engraving of the Last Supper by P.W. Tomkins after Jacopo da Pontormo. It depicts the last supper Jesus shared with his disciples before his arrest and crucifiction (John 13:21). The print shows the moment Jesus announces that
8 September 1834
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Fishing boats with nets drying at Hastings, Oct 1834. Mounted with PAE5503.
Oct 1834
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Panoramic View of King George's Sound part of the colony of Swan River. This hand-coloured panorama was printed on eight joined panels. It shows the view across King George Sound from the summit of Mount Clarence in Western Australia. The detailed im
Oct 1834
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Two views of a barn at Fairlight, Sussex. Mounted with PAE5531.
Oct 1834
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Wooden trug baskets, Hastings. original art: drawing
Oct 1834
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A lugger on the beach at Hastings, Oct 6 1834. Mounted with PAE5504.
6 Oct 1834
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The Destruction by Fire of the Houses of Parliament on Thursday night Octr 16th 1834. River View. This shows the Parliament Office, Painted Chamber, the Library of the House of Commons, the House of Commons, the Speaker's House and the roof of Westmi
1834
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A basket maker's shop at Hastings. Page, the basket maker, made a pair of miniature baskets for the artist for use as models. Oct 23 1834. Mounted with PAE5514.
23 Oct 1834
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Scarbro' Bay, Island of Tobago. Hand-coloured.
25 Oct 1834
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Capstan of the Royal George (100 guns) sunk at Spithead 29th Augst 1782 - Recover'd from the wreck Octr 1839, drawn whilst in the Dockyard, Portsmouth. Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist.
7 Nov 1834
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Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner ('Old John, the Bo'sun'), seated with clay pipe and tankard. A Greenwich Pensioner, wearing a cocked hat and apparently with Hospital Boatswain's lace on his cuff, seated by a tavern table to the viewe
1 December 1834
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Portrait of a Greenwich Pensioner, seated with clay pipe and tankard. See PAH3308, another copy. This one has been trimmed, losing the identifying inscription.
1 December 1834
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Thos Telford Engraved by Roffe from a Drawing made by Permission by Roffe, Junr of the Bust in the Possession of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Print
1 Dec 1834
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