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4. Astronomy and print
Captain George Pechell Mends (circa 1814 – 1871)
Caricatures
Green Blackwall collection
Herschel family
Lieutenant Gabriel Bray (1750–1823)
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ceremonial artifact: flag, house
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Landfall Dinner: Orient Line [Blank menu card featuring image of Noah's Ark]
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surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, dry card
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timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, diptych
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, string gnomon
toilet article: comb, pocket
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water transport: cargo vessel: clipper, opium
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (France)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (RIM)
water transport: sailing vessel: barque
water transport: sailing vessel: clipper, barque rigged
water transport: service vessel: schooner, pilot
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport: unknown function: ship
water transport: unknown function: ship (Netherlands)
water transport: yacht
water transport accessory: figurehead(bust)
[Circular Orient Line luggage label]
[Circular Orient Line luggage sticker]
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A.G., Emil Busch
Accessories, Metwood
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Armand, Jacques Etienne
Arnald, George
Asahi Optical Co., Ltd, Asahi
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Bardwell, Thomas
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J. Lizars Ltd
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Le Geyt, P C
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Simmonds, James
Simonds, James
Stanfield, Clarkson
Stone, Richard
Stuart, William
Turner, Charles
unidentified
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Wollaston, John
Xiu-Shui, Fang
Yang-Qi, Wang
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Yeominster, England
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
French Revolutionary Wars, 1792-1802
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
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Leader 1856
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Mount Stewart Elphinstone (1826)
Northumberland fl.1830
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Royal George 1817 (HMY)
Semillante (1791)
Sylph (1831)
Troas (1858)
Unnamed paddle yacht for His Imperial Majesty The Sultan (c1857)
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Art for the Nation
Nelson, Navy, Nation
Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
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Peglar, Henry Peter
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Rainer, J. Spratt
Rainier, Peter
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Folding horn and lacquer pocket comb. (Pocket comb)
View of the Entrance of St John's Harbour, Newfoundland. From Fort Townshend, 1823 (Print)
Player's Cigarettes: Commander Evans' Sledge Flag [John Player & Sons cigarette card featuring an illustration and description of Commander Evans' Sledge Flag. No. 16 in the 2nd series of 25 cards on Polar Exploration.] (Collectable card)
The yacht 'America' outsailing the 'Pearl', 14 August 1851 (Painting)
Player's Cigarettes: Captain Oates. [John Player & Sons cigarette card featuring an illustration and description of Captain L. E. G. Oates of the Scott Polar expedition. No. 3 in the 2nd series of 25 cards on Polar Exploration.] (Collectable card)
Seascape, Le Croisic (Painting)
Diptych dial
Diptych dial
Player's Cigarettes: The Terra Nova off Cape Evans. [John Player & Sons cigarette card featuring an illustration and description of The "Terra Nova" arriving off Cape Evans, Feb. 1911. No. 7 in the 2nd series of 25 cards on Polar Exploration.] (Collectable card)
The four-masted barque 'Lyndhurst' (Painting)
Player's Cigarettes: Captain Scott. [John Player & Sons cigarette card featuring an illustration and description of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, C.V.O., R.N. No. 1 in the 2nd series of 25 cards on Polar Exploration.] (Collectable card)
Compass dial
HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh (Painting)
Portrait of a Captain, circa 1750 (Painting)
Diptych dial
Cutty Sark Conservation (Watercolour)
Player's Cigarettes: Commander Evans. [John Player & Sons cigarette card featuring an illustration and description of Commander E.R.G.R. Evans, C.B., R.N. No. 2 in the 2nd series of 25 cards on Polar Exploration.] (Collectable card)
Conserving the Cutty Sark (Watercolour)
The Gunboat HMS 'Goldfinch' (Painting)
William Mathews, a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 (Painting)
The Boyhood of Raleigh. [Linen cigarette card issued with Spinet cigarettes by Badminton Tobacco Factories. Featuring image of 'The Boyhood of Raleigh' by Sir John Everett Millais. Series 1 No. 8] (Collectable card)
Representation of a Scene of a County Naval Free School (Drawing)
Cutty Sark removing the hull planks (Watercolour)
Well below the waterline (Painting)
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