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The China Fleet heavily laden Commanded by Commodore Sir Nathaniel Dance beating off Adml Linois and his Squadron the 15th of Feby 1804 (Print)
Representation of the advanced Squadron under the command of Rear Admiral Lord Nelson during the blockade of Cadiz exhibiting a View of the Harbour and fortifications, 1797 (Print)
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: end of the action (Painting)
Plate of ships captured by Nelson 1793-1805 and also the Battle of Genoa, Battle off Cape St Vincent, Battle of the Nile and the Battle of Copenhagen (Print)
Plate depicting ships captured by Nelson 1793-1801 and also the Battle of Genoa, Battle off Cape St Vincent, Battle of the Nile and Battle of Copenhagen (Print)
Plate of ships captured by Nelson 1793-1805 and also the Battle of Genoa, Battle off Cape St Vincent, Battle of the Nile and the Battle of Copenhagen (Print)
The Battle of St Vincent, 14 February 1797 the Victory raking the Salvador de Mundo (Drawing)
Cadiz June 1797. The inshore blockading squadron coming to an anchor. Depicting Bellerophon, Orion, Theseus, Colos and Irresistable (Drawing)
Caroline 36 guns, being chased by French ships (Drawing)
Royal George sunk at Spithead, 29th August 1782 (Drawing)
Cadiz 1797. The inshore blockading squadron under Nelson in the Theseus (Drawing)
To Captain H Hope... of His Majesty's Frigate Endymion... the Morning after the Action with the American United States Frigate President, Jany 16th 1814... (Print)
The Plate representing the Captain... boarding the San Joseph... and the San Nicholas..... (Print)
Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798 (Drawing)
The Battle of St Vincent, 14 February 1797 the San Nicolas, San Ysidro and Salvador de Mundo after their surrender (Drawing)
To the Right Honble Viscount Nelson... The Magnanimous Attack on El Muros Fort and Town, by His Majesty's Frigate La Loire... which were taken on the 4th of June 1805 (proof) (Print)
Vice-Admiral Lord Keith's flagship off Cadiz in 1799, in command of the blockade (Drawing)
Earl St Vincent leaving Lisbon in the Ville de Paris 31 March 1797? (Drawing)
HMS Seahorse capturing the Badiri-i-Zaffer, 6 July 1808 (Painting)
The Loss of the East Indiaman 'Kent' in the Bay of Biscay, 1 March 1825 (Painting)
The ship 'Ville de Paris' under full sail (Painting)
Mahratta pirates attacking the sloop 'Aurora', of the Bombay Marine, 1812; end of the action (Painting)
The barque Iris at sea (Painting)
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: beginning of the action (Painting)
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