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armament accessory: carrier, hot-shot
armament t&e, ammunition: ball, musket(43)
armament t&e, ammunition: cannonball
armament t&e, ammunition: shot, bar
armament t&e, ammunition: shot, grape
armament t&e, artillery: gun
armament t&e, firearm: musket
armament t&e, firearm: pistol, sea service
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cat-o'-nine-tails
ceremonial artifact: figurehead, funeral(full length)
ceremonial artifact: monument
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clothing, footwear: uniform: stocking(pair)
clothing, outerwear: uniform: breeches, white
clothing, outerwear: uniform: coat, undress
clothing, outerwear: uniform: undress uniform, Vice-Admiral's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Admiral's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: waistcoat
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: epaulettes
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Vice-Admiral's
Coat
coin, commemorative engraved: half-crown
Combined knife and fork
commemorative artifact: bottle
commemorative artifact: box, patch
commemorative artifact: box, tobacco
commemorative artifact: doorstop
commemorative artifact: goblet
commemorative artifact: screen, hand
commemorative artifact: tie, curtain
commemorative artifact: vinaigrette
Copenhagen ice pails with lion mask handles
Cover
Cream jug
Crocus pot lid
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Figurehead of Nelson's funeral car
food service t&e: dish, muffin
food service t&e: jug, cream
food service t&e: knife & fork(combined)
food service t&e: plate
food service t&e: rations: biscuit, ship's
food service t&e: teapot
food service t&e: tray
Frame model
Freedom Box
Freedom box
Full dress coat
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Full hull model; Georgian; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Boat Hook
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Lifeboat
furniture, relic: box, writing
furniture, ship's: chest, travelling(naval officer's)
Georgian
Georgian,
Georgian, Full hull model
Georgian, Skeleton model
Goblet
Grape shot
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Hand screen
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household accessory: jug, toby
Ice pail
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land transport, animal powered: car, funeral
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Lifeboat
Life mask
lighting device: taperstick
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Longcase clock
Mannequin
Mannequin hat support
Mannequin torso
Mask, life
Masthead
Medal
medal, British: campaign medal: Boulton's Trafalgar Medal
medal, British: campaign medal: General Service Medal 1793-1840
medal, British: campaign medal: Naval Gold medal (Captains) for The Battle of the Trafalgar, 1805
medal, British: campaign medal: Naval Gold medal (Captains) for The Battle of Trafalgar, 1798
Medal ribbon
medical & psychological t&e: dish
medical & psychological t&e: saw
Mourning ring
Muffin dish
muffin dish
Mug
Musket
Musket ball
Necklace
original art: figure group
original art: picture
original art: sculpture: bust
original art: sculpture: mask, life
Ornament lid
Painting
Patch box
Pendant
Pendulum
personal gear: canteen, Turkish
personal gear: chest, seaman's
personal gear: wig
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: coat of arms, City of London
personal symbol: crest
personal symbol: flag
picture, silk
Picture on glass
Pike
Pin
Pipe
Pistol
Plank-on-frame
Plate
Plume of green and white feathers
Pot
presentation artifact: boatswain's call
presentation artifact: box, freedom
presentation artifact: tankard
presentation artifact: tea-urn
Presentation Small-Sword
Presentation Sword
Print
regulative & protective t&e: cat-o'-nine-tails(replica)
Rigged model
Sails set
Saucer
Sauce tureen
Sauce tureen lid
Scabbard
Sea chest
Seal
Sea Service Pistol
Seven barrelled volley gun
Shako
Ship's biscuit
Ship's biscuit.
Sign
Silk picture
Stand
Stocking
Stoppered bottle
Sugar bowl
Sugar bowl lid
surgical saw
Sword
Tankard
Taperstick
Tea-urn
Teapot
Teapot lid
timekeeper: clock, long case
Tobacco box
Toby jug
Token - halfpenny
Token - shilling
Toy brick
Toy bricks
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Travelling chest
Travelling trunk
Tray
Trouseres
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tureen, sauce
tureen, sauce - lid
Tureen lid
Turkish canteen
Undress coat
Union Flag
Vase
Vase lid
Vinaigrette
Waistcoat
War medal
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 38 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 74 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 74 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: warship (Spain)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, instructional: full hull model(decked: rigged)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: model, vessel: skeleton model(decked)
water transport: service vessel: barge, funeral
water transport: service vessel: barge, livery
water transport: service vessel: troopboat
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backed with net stitched in place, linen hoist and strip
black steel
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coating: enamel
copper
copper alloy
cornelian
cotton
cotton wadding
damascened steel
earthenware
enamel
fabric (ticken)
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fish-skin
fruitwood
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gilt
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human hair
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ivory?
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metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: gold thread
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mezzotint, coloured
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oil on panel
oil paint
organic: baize
organic: cord [tails]
organic: ivory
organic: leather
organic: wheat
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paper
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porcelain
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Abbott, Lemuel Francis
Arnald, George
B. Wright & Co
Backhuysen, Ludolf
Bateman, Hester
Bow Porcelain Co
Brewer, Robert
Briggs, Henry Perronet
British School, 18th century
British School, 19th century
Bryants Trunk and Bucket Warehouse
C. James
Cafe, William
Chamberlains & Co.
Chamberlin, Mason
Cleveley, John
Cunst, Jasper
Devis, Arthur William
Dighton, Denis
Droz, J.P.
Eastlake, Charles Lock
Easton, John
Easton, John ?; Fearn, William; Fennell, William
Elijah Mayer & Son
Emes, John
English School
F, W
Fearn, William
Firmin & Sons Limited
Flaxman, John
Gill, J.
H. & H. Sculptors Ltd
H., S.
Hall, William
Head, attributed to Guy
Hedridge, Young &
Hinton, I.
Hinton, J.
John Salter
Küchler, Conrad Heinrich
Lacey & Co.
Legrand, Scott Pierre Nicolas
Luny, Thomas
Makepeace, Robert
Morisset, James
Mudie, J.
Nock, H.
Peter & William Bateman
Philips, Charles
Pingo, Lewis
Pitts, William
Pocock, Nicholas
Pontifex, Daniel
Renou, Timothy
Rigaud, John Francis
Romney, George
Roubiliac, Louis-Francois
Rysbrack, John Michael
Salmon, Robert
Serres, Dominic
Spode, Josiah
Stephan, Pierre
Storr, Paul
Turner, Daniel
Unknown
Walton, John
Warwick
Webb, Thomas
West, Benjamin
Westall, Richard
Westmacott, after Richard
Wilson, David
Wilson, J.
Wogdon, R.
Wood & Caldwell
Wyon, Peter
Wyon, William
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Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Phipps, 1773
Capture of the Nereide, 1797
Death of Nelson, 1805
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Camperdown, 1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Glorious First of June, 1794
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
French Revolutionary Wars: Capture of the Africaine, 1801
Mutiny at Spithead, 1797
Mutiny at the Nore, 1797
Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815
Napoleonic Wars: Attack on Gaeta, 1815
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Napoleonic Wars: Capture of Guadeloupe, 1810
Napoleonic Wars: Capture of Martinique, 1809
Napoleonic Wars: Capture of the Bergére, 1806
Napoleonic Wars: Capture of the Junon, 1809
Napoleonic Wars: Duckworth's action off San Domingo, 1806
Nine Years' War: Battle of Barfleur, 1692
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Seven Years' War: Capture of Havana, 1762
War of Jenkins' Ear: Capture of Porto Bello, 1739
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Bellona (1760)
Bergere (captured 1806)
Britannia (1762)
Cambridge (1755)
Elthetis fl.1799 (Spanish galleon)
Ethalion (1797)
Foudroyant (1798)
Gloire
H.M.S. Vanguard
Junon fl.1809 [French navy]
L'Orient fl.1798 (French)
L'Orient fl.1798 [French navy]
Minotaur (1793)
Morgan fl.1796 (French Privateer)
Naiad 1797 (HMS)
Nereide fl.1797 [French navy]
Phoebe (1795)
Pickle (1809)
Queen Charlotte (1790)
Royal George (1756)
Royal Naval uniform regulations 1787-1891: Midshipmen
Royal Naval uniform regulations 1795-1812: Flag Officers (full dress)
San Nicolas [Spanish navy]
Santa Brigida fl.1799 (Spanish galleon)
Santissima Trinidad
Santissima Trinidada 1769 (man-of-war: Spain)
Santissima Trinidad fl.1805 (Spanish navy)
Sirius (1797)
Suffisante 1795 (HMS)
Superieure fl.1803 [HMS]
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Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
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Achmuty, Arthur
Allen, Williamfl
Baily, Joseph
Beatty, William
Bentinck, John Albert
Bentinck, William
Berry, Edward
Bertrand, Count Henri-Gratien
Bishop, James
Bligh, George Miller
Blow, G fl.1805
Bolton, Susannah
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Brien, Captain E. O.
British Institution
Brown, Charles
Buckner, Charles
Bunce, William
Burr, Edward Thomas
Byng, The Honourable John
C. James
Campbell, John
Captain William Henry Daniel, W H
Chevalier, Henry Louis
City of London
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Collingwood, Francis Edward
Cooper, Anthony Ashley
Cornwallis, William
Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance
Croix, Jasper de Ste
Daniel, William
Daniel, William Henry
Davison, Alexander
Day, Bartholomew George Smith
Deans, Robert, Vice-Adm, 1792-1867
Digby, Henry
Duckworth, John Thomas
Emmerson, George
Fawssett, A. C.
Gill, J.
Gore, John
Grant
Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich Hospital Collection
Hamilton, Emma
Hamilton Family
Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Harman, William
Hennessey, John
Hilton, Stephen
Hood, Alexander
Hood, Samuel
Hood, William John Thompson
Howe, Richard
III, Sultan Selim
King George III
King William III
Lecock, Michael
Leslie, William
Lloyd's Copenhagen Committee
Lord Bexley
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Mackinnon, Arthur Avalon
MacKinnon, Ian K
McArthur, John
McArthur, Josephine Maude
McConnell, Frederick
Merchants of the City of London
Mr Guitan
Mrs Ellis
Nelson, Horatia
Nelson, Horatio
Nelson, Thomas
Olavarrieta, Blas de Lezo y
Orford, Robert Walpole: 1st Earl of
Parker, Richard
Pasco, John
Pellew, Edward
Perry, Hugh
Pierrepont, William
Piontkowski, Captain Karol Fryderyk Juliusz
Prince Albert, Consort of Queen Victoria
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Queen Mary, Consort of King George V
Queen Victoria
Reedin, John
Rivers, William
Roach, T.
Rodney, George Brydges
Roteley, Lewis
Rotely, Jane Douglas
Royal Navy
Royal Navy Trophy Centre
Royal United Service Institution
Saint George
Scott, Reverend Alexander John
Smith, Neil
Spence
St Croix, Jasper de
The Marine Society & Sea Cadets
Thorpe, William
Tomlinson, Nicholas
Vernon, Edward
Walter Burke, Walter
Wood & Caldwell
Worthington, Humble & Holland
Wyon, Peter
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Set of toy bricks (Toy bricks)
Patch box
Figure group
Bust
Admiral Edward Vernon, 1684-1757 (Painting)
Service vessel (1758); Troopboat (Full hull model; Plank-on-frame)
Captain Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805 (Painting)
Figure
Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805 (Painting)
The Immortality of Nelson (Painting)
The Death of Nelson, 21 October 1805 (Painting)
Bottle
Bottle
Goblet
Mourning ring
Jug
Duckworth's Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806 (Painting)
Captain John Bentinck, 1737-75, and his son, William Bentinck, 1764-1813 (Painting)
Midshipman Robert Deans (1792-1867) (Painting)
This Monumental Tribute of Respect to the Memory of Ad. Ld. NELSON, who in the moment of Victory gloriously fell fighting for his country is Dedicated to the Navy of Great Britain (Picture on glass)
Plymouth Dockyard (Painting)
Tureen lid
Lid
Silver tankard (Tankard)
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