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Astronomical and navigational instruments
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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
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Compasses
Course, speed and distance indicators
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A Sea of Symbols
Captain George Pechell Mends (circa 1814 – 1871)
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Lieutenant Gabriel Bray (1750–1823)
Maritime Art Greenwich
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armament, ethnographic: chikuto(Japanese sword)
armament t&e, ammunition: cannonball
armament t&e, artillery: carronade ?
armament t&e, artillery: howitzer ?
armament t&e, artillery: lantaka
Astrolabe
Astronomical chronometer
astronomical t&e: astrolabe(Persian)
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic(watch in OG)
Bag seal
Barnacle
Bowl
Bugle
Builder's, Full hull model
building: pagoda
bullet, rifle
Bust
Cannon ball
Cannonball
Carronade
Carvings
ceremonial artifact: flag
ceremonial artifact: henta koi(scare devil)
ceremonial artifact: mask
Chikuto
Chinese flower
Chronometer
chronometer, astronomical
clothing, outerwear: uniform: coat, full dress
clothing, outerwear: uniform: full dress uniform, Commander's
clothing, outerwear: waistcoat
Coin - ten cash
commemorative artifact: tumbler
Compass
container: chest, tea
Cup
decoration, British: Gallantry Award: Victoria Cross
Dha
Diptych dial
Dish
documentary artifact: coin
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
elescope
Embroidered waistcoat
Ethnographic boat model
exchange medium: coin
Figurehead
Flag
food processing t&e: caddy, tea
food service t&e: teapot
Full dress coat
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails furled
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model Rigged model
Gallantry award
geological specimen: tooth, mammoth's
Geomancer's Compass
Geomancer's compass
Geomantic compass
Hentakoi
Howitzer
Inclining dial
Lantaka
Lloyd's Patriotic Fund Cup
Lloyd's Patriotic Fund Vase
Mariner's compass
Mask
Medal
medal, British: campaign medal, 1811
medal, British: campaign medal: China War, First, 1842
medal, British: campaign medal: Honourable East India Compnay's Egypt Medal
medal, British: campaign medal: Indian Mutiny 1857-58
medal, British: campaign medal: Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58
Miniature garden
Model
Mug
musical t&e: bugle
neckerchief, sailor's
Oar
oil painting
original art: garden, miniature
original art: ornament: boat, Chinese flower
original art: ornament: carving, pagoda
original art: sculpture: bust
Painting
painting, oil
personal symbol: chelengk
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: coronet, ducal
personal symbol: coronet, earl's
personal symbol: coronet, viscount's
personal symbol: crest, San Josef
Plank-on-frame
Plank-on-frame Rigged model
presentation artifact: cup
presentation artifact: cup, Lloyd's Patriotic Fund
Presentation Sword
Presentation telescope
Print
Qibla indicator
Rifle bullet
Rigged model
Rigged modelFull hull model
Sailor's neckerchief
Sails furled
Sails set
Saucer
seal, bag
Ship model
Shot
Shot (
Shot (1-pdr)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, geomancer's
Sword
Tanto
Tea caddy
Tea chest
Teapot
Teapot with lid
Telescope
timekeeping t&e: astrolabe(Persian)
timekeeping t&e: dial(compass)
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, diptych
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial
Tumbler
Vase
Votive, Full hull model
Wakizashi
War medal
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, flower (Chinese)
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, surf (Masula)
water transport: cargo vessel: clipper, opium
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman (Dutch)
water transport: cargo vessel: frigate, Blackwall
water transport: cargo vessel: junk (China)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, trading
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, trading (Pehili)
water transport: fighting vessel: 4 decker
water transport: fighting vessel: boat, war (Chinese)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (RIM)
water transport: local craft (China)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, votive: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: native craft: boat, snake (China)
water transport: sailing vessel: boat (Japan)
water transport: sailing vessel: clipper, barque rigged
water transport: sailing vessel: dhow (sambuk)
water transport accessory: figurehead(full length)
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aquatint, coloured
bamboo
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blued-steel
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boxwood
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card
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copper (probably)
coral
cord
cotton
damascened steel
diamond
earthenware
enamel
fabric
fruitwood
gilt
gilt brass
glass
gold
gold alloy (shakudo)
inorganic: glass
inorganic: lead
iron
ivory
lacquer
lacquered paper
lead
lead paint
leather
lithograph, tinted
marble
metal
metal-gilt
metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: iron
metal: silver
metal thread
mezzotint, coloured
mica
nacre
oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
oil on panel
organic: bamboo
organic: bone
organic: cloth
organic: cotton
organic: fibre
organic: hair
organic: leather
organic: linen
organic: silk
organic: skin
organic: textile [ribbon]
paint
pearls
pine
plant fibre
polychrome silk floss
porcelain
ray-skin
ribbon
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silk
silk tape
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soapstone
steel
stipple engraving
stoneware
string
teak
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wood
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al-Jilani, Yusuf ibn Hajji
al-Yazdi, Muhammad Mahdi
al-Yazdi, Muhammad Muqim
Backhuysen, Ludolf
Boehm, Joseph Edgar
Brain, E
British School, 19th century
Bushby, R
Capt Robert Williams
Chamberlains & Co.
Chinese School, 19th century
Chinnery, George
Collard & Collard
Daniell, William
Davis, Davis
Day & Son
Dixon, William
Dorman, J.
Duncan, Edward
Dutton, Thomas Goldsworthy
Edwin Hayes
Eertvelt, Andries van
Emes, John
English School, 16th century
English School, 17th century
Flaxman, John
Fonseca, António Manuel da
Fraser & Son
G., R.
Hancocks & Co
Hare, Alexander
Henry Wilkinson
Hua-Chi, Chou
Huggins, William John
Ji, Zhou Hua
John Rose & Co.
Knight, Charles
Kuniyoshi, Awataguchi
Margetts, George
Moon, Francis Graham
Platt, John
Plummer, William
Random, Stainbank & Sayer
Reynolds, Joshua
Rigaud, John Francis
Sailmaker, Isaac
Scott, Digby
Serres, Dominic
Singleton, Henry
Smith, Benjamin
Solvyns, Franz Balthazar
Stapele, Martinus van
Stothard, Thomas
Teed, Richard
Trampon, P.
Unknown
Wall, John
Westall, Richard
William Cripps, William
Wyon, Leonard Charles
Wyon, William
Xiu-Shui, Fang
Ya, Tung
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Bali, Indonesia
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Coalbrookdale
England
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Iran
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Kazimbazar, Bengal, India
Liverpool
London
Malay Peninsula
Nicobar Islands
Persian Gulf
Strand
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Weihai
Westminster
Worcester
Xiuning
Yixing, China
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Anglo-French War: Battle of Negapatam, 1782
Boxer Rebellion, 1900
China's War against Pirates, 1862
Crimean War, 1854-1856
Crimean War: Baltic Campaign, 1854-1855
First Opium War, 1840-1842
French Revolutionary Wars: Egyptian Campaign, 1801
Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Pulo Aura, 1804
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Napoleonic Wars: Capture of the Isle of Bourbon, 1810
Napoleonic Wars: Capture of the Isle of Mauritius, 1810
Napoleonic Wars: Capture of the Isle of Rodrigues, 1809
Second Opium War, 1857-1860
Second Opium War: Capture of Canton, 1857
Seven Years' War: Dutch attempt to seize Chinsurah, 1759
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Amphitrite (1816)
Amsterdam (1594)
Antelope (1846)
Berrington (1783)
Bombay (1861)
Britannia (1806)
Castle Huntley (1812)
Ceres (1797)
Charlotte of Chittagong
Clive 1824
Dee (1841)
Defence (1763)
Duke of Dorset fl.1759 (East Indiaman)
Duyfhen
Glatton (1795)
Hollandia
Leda (1800)
Lowther Castle (1811)
Marengo fl.1804 (French navy)
Marquis of Ely (1801)
Mauritius
Nankin (1850)
Nemesis 1839 [Indian Navy]
Nuestra Signora de la Santisima Trinidad 1768 (Spanish)
Princess Amelia (1808)
Ringdove 1856 (HMS)
Royal George (1802)
Seringapatam (1819)
Shannon (1855)
Somerset 1738
Sylph 1831
Victoria and Albert (1855)
Wardley fl.1804 (East Indiaman)
Waterloo ca.1835 [HEIC]
Winchelsea (1803)
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Art for the Nation
Caird Collection
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Macpherson Collection
Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
Trade and Commerce
Traders: The East India Company and Asia
Turmoil and Tranquillity
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Allen, John
Anson, George
Aston, Wfl
Barnard, John
Bomanjee, Jamsetjee
Bush Collection
Calcutta Insurance Company
Captain Vaughan
Chien Loung, Emperor
Cornelius, Mark, Abfl
Davis, Davis
de Montauban, Gen
Dumaresq, Thomas
Dutch East India Company
Edward Hawke Locker
Fawssett, A. C.
Fisher, John Arbuthnot
Franck, Bernard
Gama, Vasco da
Green
Green, J. F.
Hall
Hall, William Hutcheon
Hamilton, Emma
Hamilton, W. J.
Harrison, Boatswain's Mate John
Henderson, William Hannam
Hewston, Alexander, Leading Seam
Honourable East India Company
Hughes, Edward
James, William
Johnson, C. F.
Jupp, Joshua, Stokerfl
Knox, Robert
Kuniyoshi, Awataguchi
Lancaster, James
Land Transport Corps
Legionary, Roman
Lempriere, F
Lloyd's Patriotic Fund
Lords of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Macartney, George
McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier
Money, James
Money, Robert
Money, William Taylor
National Maritime Museum
Nelson, Horatio
Nelson, Reverend William
Oguri, K.
Peel, William
Pierce, Richard
Plumbridge, James Hanway
Queen Victoria
Raleigh, Walter
Robinson, Edward
Royal Navy
Scott, H.
Timins, John Fam
Wall, John
Watts, James Samuel
Way, Mid [Royal navy]
White, Walter
Wilson, Hfl
Young, Thomas James
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Painted wooden mask (Mask)
Model of a Chinese flower boat (Model)
Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 (War medal)
Inclining dial
Sir James Lancaster, 1554/5-1618 (Painting)
Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 (War medal)
Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 (War medal)
Honourable East India Company's Egypt Medal (War medal)
Lloyds Patriotic Fund £50 presentation sword (Presentation Sword)
Lloyd's Patriotic Fund £50 presentation sword (Presentation Sword)
Sword (Sword)
Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 (War medal)
Trial of Four British Seamen at Canton, 1 October 1807: Scene Inside the Court (Painting)
Jamsetjee Bomanjee Wadia, c. 1754-1821 (Painting)
The Money Brothers: William Taylor, 1769-1834, James, 1772-1833, and Robert, 1775-1803 (Painting)
Japanese tanto (Tanto)
A View of the European Factories at Canton (Painting)
Passenger/cargo vessel(1840); Blackwall Frigate (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set)
Teapot (Teapot)
Chikuto (Chikuto)
British Plenty (Print)
Lady Hamilton as Saint Cecilia (Painting)
Battle of Negapatam, 6 July 1782 (Painting)
To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria this Print The Signing and Sealing of the Treaty of Nanking...(signed on board H.M.S. Cornwallis 29 August 1842) (Print)
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