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Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar': a maligned masterpiece?
J.M.W. Turner's vast naval scene is a treasure of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection, but why was it so controversial when it was unveiled in 1824?
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Arm badge
Autocarta
cast: seal impression: Keeper of Records, seal of(Duchy of Cornwall)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: badge, arm
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Surveying Recorder's
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Surveying Recorder's (3rd Class)
data processing t&e: magnetograph component: recording apparatus
Depth digitiser interface
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: tin, record
documentary artifact: tin, record ?
Echosounder
Echo sounder
electrical & magnetic t&e: magnetograph, photographic(recording apparatus)
Impression
Junction box?
Knot Recorder, box of spares for
Knot Recorder, oceanographic
Lid
Life saving award
Lifesaving award
Lines
Magnetograph recording apparatus
Manual
Manuscript
medal, American: lifesaving award: New York Recorder Medal
Motion Sensor
Ocean Monitor
personal symbol: royal arms, England
Record
Record Annotator
Recorder
Recorder, echo sounder
Recorder, magnetic
Recorder - depth sounder
Recorder Unit
Recorder unit
Recording apparatus
Recording compass
Recording drum
Record tin
Record tin with lid
Record Unit
Seal impression
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, recording
Technical Record
Technical Records
Technical Records - Admiralty Collection
Tide Gauge
Tidegauge Receiver
Tide Recording Gauge
Tide Recording Gauge winding key
Tin Base
Transponder
Trisponder
Trisponder dataprinter
water transport: fighting vessel: 40 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: bomb vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate
water transport: hunting vessel: whaling vessel
water transport: passenger vessel: steamer
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
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black ink
blackprint
brass
bronze
Cellulose acetate (CA)
colourwash
copper
glass
gold, enamelled
Inorganic: plastic
iron
leather
metal
metal: brass
metal: steel
mica
organic: paper
organic: shellac
paper
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red ink
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steel
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Bergen-Nautik
Cambridge & Paul Instrument Co
Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co
Edison Bell
Essen, W. M. Van
George Kent Ltd
Goodson Gramophone Record Company Limited
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Napier, David
Randall & Brent
Star Music Publishing Co
The MSD Company Ltd.
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Bergen
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Antarctic Exploration: British, Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Arctic Exploration: Parry's third voyage, 1824-1825
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Beaver (1795)
Bengloe (1961)
Elbe (1881)
Endymion (1797)
Fox (1855)
Fury (1814)
Great Western fl.1838
Hecla (1815)
Intrepid fl.1851 (HMS; of the Tay Whale Fishing Company)
Phaeton (1782)
Titanic (1912)
Wildflower fl.1895
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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Duchy of Cornwall, Keeper of Records
Hobson, William Robert
Hutchins, E fl.1895
Kennedy, William
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Ministry of Defence
Royal United Service Institution
Science Museum Group
Soutar, William
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Tin Base
Metal record case. (Record tin)
In Rememberance of the Titanic record (Record)
Tide Recording Gauge
Record tin with lid
Magnetograph recording apparatus
Magnetograph recording apparatus
Warship Fittings Book, 1827-1843 (Technical Record)
Echo sounder
Record Annotator
"Bergen-Nautik" Log (Knot Recorder, oceanographic)
Arm badge, Surveying Recorder, 3rd Class (Arm badge)
Arm badge, Surveying Recorder (Arm badge)
Recorder, magnetic
Magnetograph recording apparatus
The music of Patrick Moore (Record)
The Official Halley's Comet Society Theme (Record)
Magnetograph recording apparatus
Record case (Record tin)
Tide Recording Gauge winding key
New York Recorder Medal (Lifesaving award)
Seal of the Keeper of Records (Impression)
Lid
'Mawson Antarctic Expedition 1929' [in] 'Discovery' (Record)
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