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Dolby's Sketches in the Baltic. A Sketch on the Quarter Deck of H.M.S. Bulldog Augt 15th 1854 Bomarsund (Print)
True description of the situation of Waymouth and Melcombe Regis 1626 (Chart; Manuscript)
Battle of the Alma, from the sea (Print)
The Amazon at Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, Division of Uitenhage (Print)
HMS Investigator stuck in the ice during discovery of the North West Passage 1850-53 (Print)
Critical position of HMS Investigator on the North coast of Baring Island, August 29th 1851 (Print)
Critical position of HMS Investigator on the North coast of Baring Island, August 20th 1851 (Print)
Dolby's Sketches on the Baltic. Breach made in the walls of Fort Nottick, Bomarsund, by the English Sand Bay Battery (Print)
Bold Headland on Baring Island (Print)
The Lighthouse at Cape Chersonese looking south (Print)
Balaklava shewing the state of the quays & the shipping in May 1855 (Print)
Bold Headland on Baring Island (Print)
Launch of H.M.S. Royal Albert 131 Guns at Woolwich Dockyard Christened by H.M. The Queen 13th May 1854 (Print)
England and America. The Visit of Her Majesty Queen Victoria to the Arctic Ship Resolute December 16th 1856 (Print)
Sledging over Hummocky Ice, April 1853 (Print)
Sledging over Hummocky Ice, April 1853 (Print)
First discovery of land by HMS Investigator September 6th 1850 (Print)
Sledging over Himmocky Ice, April 1853 (Print)
England and America The Visit of Her Majesty Queen Victoria to the Artic Ship Resolute, December 16th 1856 (Print)
Prince Woronzoff's Palace Near Yalta on the South Coast of the Crimea (Drawing)
Dolby's Sketches in the Baltic. H.M.S. Hecla and Arrogant attacking the Russian Forts and Masked Batteries in the river near Eknas, May 19th 1854 (Print)
First Discovery of Land by HMS Investigator, September 6th 1850 (Print)
Melville Island from Banks Land (Print)
Melville Island from Banks Land (Print)
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