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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
Sailor's neckerchief
Silk
Silk/ wool picture
Silk and envelope
Silk fragment
Silk picture
Silk picture in a frame
Silk poem
Silk square
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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cambric [backing]
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metal: copper
newspaper
organic: hair
organic: linen
organic: silk
organic: velvet
organic: wool
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Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
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Grove, K.
Hamilton, Emma
Harvey, William
Herridge, Charles Frederick
Imamura, H
Kauffman, Angelica
Murahashi, S
Parrett & Neves
Tomkins, Peltro William
Unknown
Willes, Thomas
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Brooklyn
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East Asia
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Nagasaki, Japan
Nakamura-Cho, 566, Yokohama, Japan
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Yarmouth
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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
World War I, 1914-1918
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Andromeda (1897)
Britannia (1953)
Dunfion
Glory (1899)
Halton Castle 1862
Hawkins 1917 (HMS)
Illustrious (1896)
Inflexible (1907)
Kurkurst Friedrich Wilhelm 1891 (German navy)
Narcissus (1886)
Newcastle 1909 (HMS)
Plymouth Rock 1849 (Norwegian)
Ravens Hall 1874
Royal George (1756)
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Undaunted (1886)
Yarmouth (1911)
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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
Coulson family
Fox, The Right Honourable Charles James
Hamilton, Emma
Herschel, John Frederick William
King George III
Madsen, N.
Mincher, Frederick Chapman
Nelson, Horatio
Pitt, William
Pollard, Arthur John
Queen Mary, Consort of King George V
Roberts, Thomas Johnd
Ruck, F L, P/Ofl
Telfer, A19C (master)
Wellesley, Arthur
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Silk square
Silk square
Silk picture
Silk square
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Silk square
Silk picture
Silk picture
Silk picture
Silk picture
Silk picture
Merton Place Surrey (Silk picture)
Silk picture
Silk picture
Neckerchief (Sailor's neckerchief)
Silk square
Silk
Silk
A Map of the World (Silk picture)
Silk picture
Silk picture
Silk picture
Silk thread (Cabinet contents)
Silk and envelope (Cabinet contents)
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