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Carmichael, John Wilson
circle of William John Huggins
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Antarctic Exploration: James Clark Ross's voyage, 1838-1843
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Northern Belle ca.1850 [American]
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The building of the 'Great Eastern', 1857 (Drawing)
Great Eastern? on the stocks (Print)
'Erebus' and 'Terror' in the Antarctic (Painting)
The Bombardment of Sveaborg, 9 August 1855 (Painting)
A Whaler off a Mountainous Coast (Painting)
The wreck of the 'Forfarshire', 7 September 1838: survivors in Grace Darling's boat (Print)
Visit of Queen Victoria to Edinburgh, 1842. Arrival of the Royal Yacht 'Royal George' at Granton, 1st Sept 1842 (Drawing)
Visit of Queen Victoria to Edinburgh, 1842. Arrival of the Royal Yacht 'Royal George' at her anchorage off Inchkeith at Midnight, 31st Aug 1842 (Drawing)
Visit of Queen Victoria to Edinburgh, 1842, welcoming the Royal Yacht 'Royal George' to Scottish Waters off St Abbs Head (Drawing)
'Erebus' and the 'Terror' in New Zealand, August 1841 (Painting)
The ship 'Isabella' at sea (Painting)
The Baltic Fleet with rowing boats in the foreground (Drawing)
The building of the 'Great Eastern' (Drawing)
Greenwich from the N. E. / 19 Oct. 1848. The weather very cold ... (Drawing)
Shields (Print)
Tynemouth on Ascension Day (Print)
Baltic Fleet off Fort Alexander and the Risbank Battery (Drawing)
The Mary White life boat rescuing the crew of the American Ship the Northern Belle (Print)
HMS Victory in calm water near a coast (Drawing)
Row boats pulling towards the Baltic Fleet (Drawing)
The Baltic Fleet at night with ship's boats in the foreground (Drawing)
The Baltic Fleet at anchor including the Royal George, Majestic and Blenheim with ships' boats in the foreground (Drawing)
Parry in the Polar Regions (Drawing)
'Merlin' and 'Firefly' struck by mines off Sveaborg (Helsinki) during the Crimean War (Print)
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