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Airy, Christabel
Airy, Hubert
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The ship 'John Williams VII' (Painting)
'Village & head house of the Segu Tribe / on the Manuk or Segur River' [Sarawak, Borneo] (Watercolour)
'Keeney Balloo S.E.' [Mount Kinabalu, Borneo] (Watercolour)
'Looking up the Borneo River from Chermin Island' [Brunei, Borneo] (Watercolour)
'Village of the Stang Tribe' [Sarawak, Borneo] (Watercolour)
'Coast of Borneo - Mr Brooke's Territory.' [Sarawak, Borneo] (Watercolour)
'Sarawak' [Borneo] (Watercolour)
The five-masted armoured frigate HMS Northumberland (1869) underway at sea. (Watercolour)
The vessel 'Rover' at sea (Watercolour)
The vessel 'Lily' at sea (Watercolour)
'Repulse' at sea (Watercolour)
The vessel 'Bellerophen' at sea (Watercolour)
The vessel 'Thunderer' at sea (Watercolour)
The vessel 'Black Prince' at sea (Watercolour)
HMS Hercules (Drawing)
Flotilla of Battleships (Drawing)
Unidentified British battleship (Drawing)
HMY Victoria and Albert (Drawing)
The Royal Observatory and The Octagon Room Greenwich, Looking downhill towards the Queen's House (Watercolour)
HMS "Malaya" 1st Battle Squadron Atlantic Fleet (Drawing)
Edward VII Coronation Review, 16 August 1902 "Majestic" (Vice-Admiral Arthur Wilson), "Revenge" (Vice-Admiral Gerard)Noel (Drawing)
A naval cutter off the western end of the Menai Strait, North Wales (Watercolour)
Interior of Herstmonceaux Castle before restoration (Watercolour)
HMS Phine at sea (Watercolour)
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