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Charles II Dancing at The Hague, May 1660 (?) (Painting)
Sir James Wishart, c. 1659-1723 (Painting)
Rear-Admiral James Hemmington (d.1757) (Painting)
'A Correct View of the Gallant Victory Obtained by Adl Nelson over the French under the Command of Adl Brueys...Bay of Shoals in the Mouth of the River Nile in Egypt August 1st 1798' [Battle of the Nile] (Print)
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) (Painting)
Ships of the English fleet fighting the Armada in 1588: plate 5 Merchantman Griffin (Print)
Adam Willaerts, Gentil paintre de mers, bateaus, et de petites figures sur le rivage, ports et dans les petites barcques, il est ne en Anvers en l'an 1577 et il a prise sa demeure dans la ville d'Utrecht (Print)
Frederick V, 1596-1632, Elector Palatine, King of Bohemia (Painting)
Sir Michael Livesey, 1614-1665? (Painting)
Nicolaus Clenardus (Print)
Indo-Portuguese quilt
Ships of the English fleet fighting the Armada in 1588: plate 6 Naval battle near Plymouth (Print)
Ships of the English fleet fighting the Armada in 1588: plate 1 Tiger, sailing right (Print)
Portrait of a Naval Officer aged 24, 1619 (Painting)
Portrait of a gentleman, circa 1670, formerly thought to be Willem van de Velde the Elder (Painting)
Ships of the English fleet fighting the Armada in 1588: plate 6 Naval battle near Plymouth (Print)
Ships of the English fleet fighting the Armada in 1588: plate 4 Naval battle near Portland (Print)
Ships of the English fleet fighting the Armada in 1588: plate 4 Naval battle near Portland (Print)
Ships of the English fleet fighting the Armada in 1588: plate 2 A Naval battle (Print)
A Dutch Naval Captain, circa 1690-1704 (Painting)
Ships of the English fleet fighting the Armada in 1588: plate 2 A Naval battle (Print)
John Benbow (1653-1702), Sir Ralph Delaval (circa 1645-1707), and Thomas Phillips (circa 1635-93) (Painting)
Ships of the English fleet fighting the Armada in 1588: plate 3 HMS Ark Royal (Print)
Commander Alfred Pigott (1847-1885) (Painting)
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