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Binoculars
Cap ribbon
Clock
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: ribbon, cap
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Boat Crew's
Compass binnacle
Dirk
documentary artifact: photonegative, glass
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
Drawing
Drawing instrument set
furniture, ship's: chest(midshipman's)
Glass photonegative
Hand blotter
medal, British: prize medal: Queen Victoria's Medal 1897
Negative
optical t&e: binoculars, galilean
Print
Prize medal
Sea chest
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle, compass(binnacle only)
Technical drawing
timekeeper: clock(also compass, barometer and thermometer)
water transport: sailing vessel: yacht, cutter (HMS)
water transport: service vessel
water transport: service vessel: pinnace (30ft)
water transport: steam vessel: pinnace, 30ft
water transport: training vessel
water transport: training vessel (HMS)
written communication t&e: blotter, hand
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black ink
blue ink
board
brass
brown colour wash
cast iron
damascened steel
ebony
etching
fish-skin
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gilt brass
gilt wire
glass
gold
gouache
graphite & wash, grey
heightened with white
ivory
leather
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organic: canvas
organic: silk
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silver halide: gelatine
steel
walnut
watercolour
wood
wood: pine
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Browne, John
Buch, H.
Cluett, William C.
Coombes
Coombes, J.
Edward Thurkle & Sons
Enock, Arthur Henry
Francis Frith & Co
Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Limited
London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company
Neville, L.
Unknown
Wyllie, William Lionel
Wyon, Allan
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Aurora (HMS)
Britannia (1860)
Hibernia (HMS) 1905
Hindostan (1841)
Prince of Wales (1860)
Victorious (HMS) (1895)
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Brown, F Cliftonfl
Campbell, George Richard Colin
Eton College
French, Terence Wilder Gay
HMS
Moore, Alexander
Nicol, David Bruce
Proctor, David V.
Queen Victoria
Sandbach, Sam
Scott, John Wilfred
VII, King Edward
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Sketch of the Britannia at Dartmouth (Drawing)
Britannia (Drawing)
Eton College uniform: pattern 1875 (Cap ribbon)
Eton College uniform: pattern 1875 (Cap ribbon)
Hand blotter made from H.M.S. 'Britannia' (Hand blotter)
Dirk
Clock (Clock)
Britannia (1860); Hindostan (1841); Dartmouth And Kingswear, Devon (Glass photonegative)
Britannia (1860); Hindostan (1841); Dartmouth And Kingswear, Devon (Glass photonegative)
Britannia at Dartmouth, inscribed 'Trial Proof' (Print)
Queen Victoria's Medal 1897 (Prize medal)
Sea chest
Binoculars
Britannia with Hindostan (Drawing)
HMS Britannia and HMS Hindostan as training ships at Dartmouth (Drawing)
Hand blotter made from H.M.S. 'Britannia' (Hand blotter)
The Old Britannia and Hindostan (Drawing)
29ft Steam Pinnace No.47 for Britannia (1869) (Technical drawing)
Drawing instrument set
Britannia (1860); Hindostan (1841); Dartmouth And Kingswear, Devon (Glass photonegative)
Britannia (1860) (Negative)
Britannia (1860); Hindostan (1841); Dartmouth And Kingswear, Devon (Glass photonegative)
The Britannia at Dartmouth ca.1900 (Drawing)
Compass binnacle
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