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Abrahams, Samuel T.
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A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Otranto (1925) just making way at Spithead. (Sheet film negative)
Review at Spithead (Drawing)
Gilkicker (Drawing)
The Experimental Squadron refitting at Spithead. Plate No.2 (Print)
Warships under sail, possibly in connection with a review at Spithead (Drawing)
Spithead (Drawing)
Spithead (Drawing)
Minotaur (1863) (Glass plate negative)
Magnificent (1894) (Glass plate negative)
Devastation (1871) (Glass plate negative)
Calliope (1884) (Glass plate negative)
Visit of William the Fourth when Duke of Clarence, as Lord High Admiral, to Portsmouth In the year 1827, with Views of the Russian Squadron, by Henry Moses. Plate 1: The Warspite returning to Spithead from her Voyage round the World, July 28, 1827 (Print)
The English and Dutch Squadrons of Men of War under the Comand of Sr Charles Wager Vice Admiral of ye Red on board ye Cornwall, Sr George Walton Admiral of ye White on board ye Princess Emilia & Heer Van Somelsdyke Vice Admiral of ye Dutch on board ye Leyden as they lay Equip'd at Spithead during the whole sumer MDCCXXIX... (Print)
A starboard broadside view of the passenger liner Bremen (1939) under way in Spithead, bound out for New York (Colour transparency)
A starboard broadside view of the passenger liner Bremen (1939) under way in Spithead, bound out for New York (Colour transparency)
Terrible (1895) (Glass plate negative)
A Prospect of the United Fleet as they lay at Spithead... 1729 (with key) (Print)
Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, in the Royal Yacht proceeding to Spithead, July 15th 1845, at the departure of the Experimental Squadron (Print)
No.3. The Experimental Squadron Departure from Spithead, July 15th 1845 (Print)
The Great Baltic Fleet off Spithead April 4th 1855 (Print)
George III reviewing the Fleet at Spithead, 22 June 1773, depicting the 'Royal Oak' (Drawing)
A Frigate. A Seventy: Four and a Pilot boat &c. At Spithead (Print)
H.M.S. Cornwallis - Beating into Spithead (Drawing)
Dedicated by Permission to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. A series of Drawings Illustrative of Her Majestys Visit to Spithead, July 15th 1845, to witness the sailing of the Experimental Squadron (Print)
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