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De Gomme collection

Des Barres collection

Duckworth collection

Duff collection

Ericsson collection

Globes

Globes and globe gores

Goodsall collection

Green Blackwall collection - charts

Henry Newton Stevens Atlantic Neptune collection

Hopton Hall collection

Lockyer collection

Loose maps and charts: general collection

Moriarty collection

Northey collection

Penrose collection

Pirelli collection

Portolans and loose charts on vellum

Printed atlases

STC collection

Stokes collection

Westlake collection

Fine art

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4. Astronomy and print

A Sea of Symbols

Captain George Pechell Mends (circa 1814 – 1871)

Caricatures

Foreign Shores

Green Blackwall collection

Herschel family

Lieutenant Gabriel Bray (1750–1823)

Maritime Art Greenwich

Michael Graham-Stewart collection

Miniatures

Nature and National Waters

Nicholas Pocock

Oil paintings

Opium Wars

Patronage, Battles and the Exotic

Popular Astronomy

Prints, drawings and watercolours

Recent acquisitions

Sketchbooks and albums

Telescopes Online Gallery

The Herschels as collectors

The Opium Wars

The Rise of the Seascape

Van de Velde drawings

Timekeeping

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Astronomical regulators and precision clocks

Chronometers, precision watches and timekeepers

Domestic clocks and watches

Other horological instruments

Type

Aft section plan

A pattern for a commemorative medal

armament t&e, firearm: carbine

Artificial Glass Horizon

Austrian Merchant or Naval Ensign

Box

Box Sextant

Builder's, Waterline model

Bust

Button

Cap

Cap badge

Carbine

Case

Caulker's box

ceremonial artifact: flag, house

ceremonial artifact: flag, house(fragment)

Chart

Clock

clock, longcase

Clock model wheel

Clock parts

clothing, headwear: uniform: cap

clothing accessory: uniform insignia: badge, cap

clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button

clothing accessory: uniform insignia: scales

clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Clerk in Charge's

Colour transparency

Counter poise

Cross ribbon

Design, Sectional model

Design for new grasshopper pallet

Dividing plate

documentary artifact: cover, first day

documentary artifact: globe, celestial

documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial

documentary artifact: model, clock wheel

documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat

documentary artifact: photograph

documentary artifact: photonegative, glass

documentary artifact: print

documentary artifact: replica, chronometer(H1)

documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges

documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, superstructure

documentary artifact: ship plan: lines

documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, outboard

documentary artifact: ship plan: section, aft

documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward

Drawing

Ensign

First day cover

Front bearing cap

Full hull model

Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set

Gallantry award

Glass Photograph

Glass plate negative

Gramophone record

Grasshopper pallet

Gridiron and glass vial

Hair

Historic Photographic Negative

Horizontal pedestal dial

House flag

Impression

iron, caulking

Jack

Jug

Key

knife

knife, clasp

knife, seaman's clasp

Lines

Longcase clock

Main spring

Mainspring

Manuscript

MAP-SHEET

Marine timekeeper

Marine timekeeper 'K1'

Marine timekeeper parts

Medal

Medallion portrait

Miniature

Minute hand washer

Mug

Octant

One day marine timekeeper

one day marine timekeeper.

original art: print

original art: sculpture: bust

Outboard profile plan

Painting

Pattern for a commemorative medal

personal gear: goggles, snow

personal gear: handle, sea chest

personal gear: knife, seaman's clasp

personal symbol: flag

personal symbol: flag, house

Photograph

Photograph album

Photographic print

Pins

Plaque

Playing cards

Plotter, radar

Pocket compass

Portrait plaque

Print depicting John Harrison

Prints

Radar plotter

Rare book

Rear bearing cap

relic, human: hair

Replica marine timekeeper

Replica timekeeper

Rigged model

Roll film negative

Sails set

Scales

Scales box

Scenic model

Sea chest handle

Sectional model

Sectional model; Stern model; Waterline model

Sheet film negative

shipbuilding t&e: box, caulker's

shipbuilding t&e: iron, caulking

Snow goggles

sound communication t&e: trumpet, speaking

Speaking trumpet

Stern model

Support column

surveying & navigational t&e: artificial horizon

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket

surveying & navigational t&e: octant

surveying & navigational t&e: plotting instrument: plotter, radar

surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, box

Table globe

Technical drawing

timekeeper: chronometer(K3)

timekeeper: chronometer, marine (H4)

timekeeper: clock(parts)

Timekeeper: clock(parts); Watch parts; manuscript

timekeeper: main spring(piece)

timekeeper: pallet, grasshopper(part)

timekeeper: regulator, astronomical

timekeeper: timekeeper, marine (H1)

timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H1)

timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H2)

timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H3)

timekeeper: timekeeper, marine (H4)

timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(H4)

timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(K1)

timekeeper: timekeeper, marine(K2)

timekeeper: watch, pocket

timekeeper: wheel, clock

timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, horizontal

Tyne Foy Boat

Union Flag

War medal

Watch

Watch 'K2'

Watch part

Watch parts

Waterline model

Waterline model; Scenic model

water transport: cargo vessel: heavy lift cargo vessel

water transport: exploration/research vessel (HMS)

water transport: exploration/research vessel: survey vessel (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: frigate

water transport: fighting vessel: sloop

water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun

water transport: fishing vessel: junk, fishing (China)

water transport: fishing vessel: lugger

water transport: fishing vessel: yawl

water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: scenic)

water transport: motor vessel

water transport: passenger vessel: liner

water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel

water transport: sailing vessel

water transport: steam vessel: twin screw

water transport component: model, design: sectional model(stern)

water transport component: stern

Winding key

Materials

aquatint, coloured

backed with net stitched in place, linen hoist and strip

black ink

blue ink

board

brass

brass, bronze, steel, oak, lignum vitae. Electric motor

brass, glass, card, iron

Brass, lead, steel, bell metal, oak, lignum vitae, paper

bronze

bronze dust

card

Card

cellophane

Cellulose acetate negative

Cellulose nitrate negative

chalk

chromolithograph

coating: varnish

copper

copper, plastic

copper plate engraved

cotton

diamond

earthenware

enamel

engraving

engraving & etching

Engraving & etching

engraving, crayon manner

engraving, stipple

etching

etching, coloured

etching and engraving

fibre

Gelatine dry plate

glass

green ink

hair

halftone, colour

hand-coloured etching

hand sewn

ink

inorganic: glass

ivory

ivory (CITES)

leather

lignum vitae

linen

linen-backed paper

lithograph, coloured

lithograph, tinted

machine sewn

mahogany

metal

metal: brass

metal: enamel

metal: gilt

metal: gold wire

metal: silver

metal: silver wire

metal: steel

mezzotint

oak

oil on canvas

Oil on canvas

organic: cotton

organic: horn

organic: paper

organic: textile [ribbon]

paint

paper

Paper

papier mache

pastel

pear wood

pencil

photographic reproduction

plaster

Plaster of Paris

plastic

Polyester negative

red ink

ribbon

ruby

shellac

silver

silver halide: gelatine

silver plate

steel

steel engraving

stipple engraving

synthetic: plastic

synthetic blend

synthetic resin

varnish

velvet

vinyl

watercolour

wood

wood: mahogany

wood: oak

wool

wool blend

Display Location

Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery

Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery

Display - ROG

Display - Sea Things Gallery

Display - Traders Gallery

Display - Voyagers

Not on display

Creator

Adams, Edgar Tarry

Ancient Monuments Laboratory

Assen, Van

Audinet, Philip

Bardin, William

Barnardiston, J L

Barnardiston, T L

Blair, Archibald

Bradley, William

British School, 18th century

British School, 19th century

Brooker & Harrison

Buchanan, Thomas

Chamberlain, William

Clarkson

Cockatoo Dockyard

Cook, Henry R.

Cooke, Edward William

Craskell, Thomas

Dalrymple, Alexander

Dance, Nathaniel

Day & Son

De Berengen

Dibden, Thomas

Dutton, Thomas Goldsworthy

Elderton, Robert

F. C. Gould & Son

Fox, Ags

Gibson & Sons of Scilly

Gilbert & Sons

Goldar, John

Gould, Rupert Thomas

Green, John

Hall, Francis

Hancocks & Co

Harper, T.

Harrison

Harrison & Co

Harrison & Reid

Harrison & Sons

Harrison, A. N.

Harrison, Cluse & Co

Harrison, Cluse & Co.

Harrison, Cluse, & Co

Harrison, Dennis A.

Harrison, F.

Harrison, Harrison

Harrison, John

Harrison, L

Harrison, R.

Harrison, S

Harrison, T. R.

Harrison, W.

Harrison, W. G.

Harrison Brothers and Howson

Harrison Fisher & Co Ltd

Harrison Galleries

Haswell, Thomas

Hill, Henry Oliver

Hills, Lionel Thomas

HM Admiralty

Hogarth, J.

Holl, Francis

Holl, W

Holl, William

Honourable East India Company

Hopgood, R. J.

Hunter, John

Hunter, John M.

Hurd, Thomas

I & R Longman (late Strongitharm)

J. Harrison & Co.

Jacobus Houbraken, Jacobus

Jefferys, Thomas

Jenkins, J.

Jenkins, Joseph John

Jones, S. J. E.

Kendall, Larcum

King, Andrew

King, Thomas

Kneller, Godfrey

Kyd, Alexander

Lendrum, J.

Lindley, J.

London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company

London Joint Stock Newspaper Company Ltd, The

Macdonald, John

Magaro, M.

Marconi International Marine Communication Co. Ltd

Marden, John

Marine Photo Service

Marshall, John

Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

McCluer, John

Milton, Thomas

Mitchell, Thomas

Nicholson, Thomas

Osborne, C. S.

P. & D. Colnaghi & Co Ltd

Petrie, William

Petrus Plancius, Petrus

Pickersgill, Henry William

Poore, after

Porter, John

Pound, Daniel J.

Reid & Harrison

Rennell, James

Reynolds, Joshua

Reynolds, Samuel William

Richter, Henry James

Rigaud, John Francis

Rolls, H.

Rothwell

Rothwell, P

Royal Prussian Arsenal

Russell, John

Salzer, Leonard

Sanders & Brightman

Shee, Martin Archer

Shipster, Robert

Shortland, Thomas George

Simpson, John

Smirke, Robert

Smith, Elder & Co

Smith, John Raphael

Spin, Jacob

Staines, R.

Stephenson, John

Stockdale, John

Sutherland, Thomas

Swaine, Francis

Tassaert, Philippe Joseph

Tassie, James

Thomas

Thomas Mercer Chronometers

Tillemans, Pieter

Topping, Michael

Torin, Robert

unidentified

Unknown

Vantage Recording Company

Wagstaff, Charles Edward

Wales, John

Walker, Harrison

Walker, J.

Walker, J. & C.

Walker, John

Walker, William

Whitcombe, Thomas

White, George

William Andrews

William S Orr & Co

Wolseley, Field Marshal Garnet Joseph

Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards

Wright, Gabriel

Wyon, Benjamin

Wyon, Leonard Charles

Wyon, William

Places

America

Barrow-upon-Humber

Beckenham

Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England

Carlisle Bay

Castries

Chatham Dockyard

Chelmsford

China

City of Westminster

Dublin

England

Erfurt, Germany

Franklin Pierce Bay, Ellesmere Island

Gravesend Reach

Greenock

Hayle

Linthouse

Liverpool

London

Luton

Mombasa

Navy Office

New Jersey

North Shields

Port of Spain

Portsmouth Dockyard

River Tyne

Rosyth Dockyard

Sydney

Tilbury

Unknown

Events

Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Austin, 1850-1851

Captain James Cook's 2nd and 3rd voyages

Crimean War, 1854-1856

Crimean War: Baltic Campaign, 1854-1855

Death of John Harrison, 1776

French Revolutionary Wars: Capture of the Hercule, 1798

French Revolutionary Wars: Capture of the Pique, 1795

Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

Seven Years' War: Battle of Lagos, 1759

War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Havana, 1748

Vessels

Adventurer (1960)

Assistance (1835)

Belvidere (1834)

Blanche (1786)

Bounty (purchased 1787)

Cable Enterprise (1924)

Challenger (1857)

Chesapeake (1855)

Collegian (1912)

Craftsman (1912)

Dampier (1945)

Deptford (1732)

East India Company's Cruizer Endeavour

Ethel fl.1907

Exmouth 1877 [British]

Favourite (1829)

Five Brothers (1860)

Five Brothers 1860

Fleswick (1899)

Forfarshire 1836 [SS]

Frobisher (1920)

Gandara (1976)

Great Eastern (1858)

Harmony (1905)

Hazard (1837)

Intaba 1910

Inyoni 1890 (SS)

John And Annie

Langleeford (1925)

Minotaur (1793)

Morocco (1878)

Namur (1756)

Ocean (1756)

Orotava (1897)

Panther (1778)

Pique (1785)

Queen of Bermuda (1933)

R 89 ca.1940 (motor minesweeper: German)

Resolution (purchased 1771)

Tactician (1942)

Tartar (1960)

Titanic (1912)

Transocean No. 4 (1976)

Uganda (1952)

Walrus (1959)

Welcome Home (1881)

Workman (1898)

Zulu (1962)

Exhibition

Nelson, Navy, Nation

North-West Passage

Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude

Time and Longitude

Traders: The East India Company and Asia

Voyagers

People

Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line

Allix, Charles

Anonymous

Bardin

Blackett, H

Bligh, William

Bolt, Daniel

Charente Steamship Co Ltd

Cook, James

Darling, Grace Horsley

Drake, Francis

Earnshaw, Thomas

Elderton, Robert

Gabb, George Hugh

Gordon, William

Gould, Rupert Thomas

Greenwich Hospital

Harrison, Boatswain's Mate John

Harrison, Cluse & Co

Harrison, G.K.

Harrison, J. M.

Harrison, James

Harrison, John

Harrison, Paymaster Edward Newell

Harrison, R. W.

Harrison, William

Harrison Galleries

Hilton, Stephen

Hood, Alexander

Hunter, John M.

J. & C. Harrison Ltd

J. T. Rennie and Sons

John Allan & Sons

King George II

Knowles, Charles

Leech, Harrison & Forwood

Merchant Navy

Mersey S S Co Ltd

Napier, Charles John

Nelson, Horatio

Nicholson, Thomas

Parker, Richard

Payne, E.

Pearson, Richard

Pope, Charles Meredyth

Royal Astronomical Society

Royal Greenwich Observatory

Royal Marines

Royal Navy

Royal United Service Institution

Russell & Co Ltd

Salmon, Nowell

Scott, Reverend Alexander John

Seppings, Robert

Seymour, of the Fleet George Francis

Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd

Smith's Dock Company Ltd

Smith, William

Thomas & James Harrison

Thomas & James Harrison Ltd

Thomas Wilson Sons & Co

Thos. & Jas. Harrison

Trenerry, E. V.

Vogel, Karl

Waller, Edmund

Wallis, George

Webster, William

William Andrews

Witt, Gerrit Frederiksz de

Wood, Ebenezer

Century

18th

19th

20th

21st

unknown

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K1 Marine Chronometer (Kendall's copy of Harrison's H4).

K1 (Marine timekeeper)

Reverend Alexander John Scott (1768-1840) (Bust)

Austrian Ensign (1786-1869) (Ensign)

Rear-Admiral Edward Hilary Rymer Collection (Photograph album)

K2 (Marine timekeeper)

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