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land transport, animal powered: car, funeral
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water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (HMS)
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wood pine? also noted as possibly oak or mahogany, but specified as pine in Woodcarver's Craft exhibition catalogue
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Barbella, Constantino
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Garnish, John
Grayfoot & Overton
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Holkham Studio Pottery
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Nelli
Perry, John
Royal Doulton
Rudolf Kämmer
Savage, William
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Williams, Nehemiah
Wood & Caldwell
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Myanmar
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60th birthday of Prince Philip, 1981
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Belcher, 1852-1854
Crimean War, 1854-1856
Nine Years' War: Battle of La Hougue, 1692
Torrey Canyon oil spill, 1967
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Anson (1781)
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Bencoolan (1856)
Bernado 1876 (Italian)
Bessie Whineray (1865)
Blenheim (1813)
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Britannia (1866)
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Coriolanus (1876)
Daphne (1838)
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Durban 1870
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Falkland 1889
Favourite 1829 (HMS)
Forester 1832 (HMS)
Franklin 1796 (French, captured)
Frederick William (1860)
Friar Tuck 1856
Gannet (1857)
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Gleaner (1833)
H.M.S. Hogue (1811)
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Harlequin (1836)
Hiawatha (1891)
Himalaya (1853)
Horatio (1807)
Implacable 1805 (HMS)
Indipendenza 1875 (Italian)
Jane Owen 1860
John Williams 1844 (missionary ship)
Leda (1828)
London (1840)
Mary Hay 1837
Megaera (1849)
Mercury 1913 (HMS)
Palinurus 1833
Penelope (1829)
Primos 1869 (Spanish)
Resolute (purchased 1850)
River Lune 1868
Rosa Tacchini (date unknown)
Rosherville
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Royal George 1817 (HMY)
Royal George 1827 (HMS)
Russell 1822 (HMS)
Salmon 1859
Semiramis 1808 (HMS)
Serica (1888)
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Enslavement and Resistance
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Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
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Brassey, Constance Alberta
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Coriolanus, Gaius Marcius, fl.488BC
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