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ceremonial artifact: monument
clothing, neckwear: uniform: silk
clothing, neckwear: uniform: uniform, Leading Seaman's
clothing accessory: silk
clothing accessory: square, silk
commemorative artifact: monument
commemorative artifact: picture, silk
commemorative artifact: picture, silk/wool
commemorative artifact: poem, silk
commemorative artifact: square, silk
documentary artifact: map, world
land transport, animal powered: car, funeral
neckerchief, sailor's
original art: picture, silk
personal symbol: coat of arms, royal
picture, silk
picture, wool or silk
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Silk poem
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Silk thread
Silk winder
square, silk
textile working t&e: winder, silk
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 3 decker
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 1st class
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 2nd class
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured
water transport: passenger vessel: liner
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: barque
water transport: sailing vessel: barque, iron
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Grove, K.
Hamilton, Emma
Harvey, William
Herridge, Charles Frederick
Imamura, H
Kauffman, Angelica
Murahashi, S
Parrett & Neves
Tomkins, Peltro William
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Willes, Thomas
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Nakamura-Cho, 566, Yokohama, Japan
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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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Andromeda (1897)
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Glory (1899)
Halton Castle 1862
Hawkins 1917 (HMS)
Illustrious (1896)
Inflexible (1907)
Kurkurst Friedrich Wilhelm 1891 (German navy)
Narcissus (1886)
Newcastle 1909 (HMS)
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Ravens Hall 1874
Royal George (1756)
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Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
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Baily, Francis
Bartlett, J Cfl
Colonel John Herschel
Cook, James
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Fox, The Right Honourable Charles James
Hamilton, Emma
Herschel, John Frederick William
King George III
Madsen, N.
Mincher, Frederick Chapman
Nelson, Horatio
Pitt, William
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Queen Mary, Consort of King George V
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Embroidery depicting Merton Place (picture, wool or silk)
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