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Studies of HMS 'Tartar' and the submarine 'G11', with other sketches R...

Studies of HMS 'Tartar' and the submarine 'G11', with other sketches A sheet of studies inscribed 'G.11', 'TARTAR', 'photograph 6.30 Wednesday', by the artist. The main unfinished drawing is of the 'Tribal' (F... More

Submarine 'G11', with other sketches RMG PV2750 (cropped), William Lio...

' "Botel Tobago" (off Formosa)' (Lan Yu, Taiwan) RMG PT2054

' "Botel Tobago" (off Formosa)' [Lan Yu, Taiwan] No. 4 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and signed lower left on the drawing with monogram initials and dated 'JHB ... More

' "Southampton" at the Battle of Jutland' RMG PV2723, William Lionel W...

' "Southampton" at the Battle of Jutland' Inscribed 'Southampton' by the artist, lower right. This is a preliminary study for a finished watercolour, with the title quoted above, reproduced in Wyllie's co-autho... More

'"Waka Miya" Temple at Nagasaki' (Japan) RMG PT2067

'"Waka Miya" Temple at Nagasaki' [Japan] No. 17 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '6/68'. View of the entrance to a Shinto shrine, with the distinctive 't... More

'(Battle of Cape) St Vincent. Nelson in the Captain engaging Santissim...

'[Battle of Cape] St Vincent. Nelson in the Captain engaging Santissima Trinidad, San Josef etc' Drawing with grey wash entitled "St Vincent. Nelson in the Captain engaging "Santissima Trinidad", "San Josef". ... More

'(The E)xpedition Brigg as she appeared wreck'd on the W(este)rn Point...

'[The E]xpedition Brigg as she appeared wreck'd on the W[este]rn Point of the [island] of Sta Cruiz Teneriffe A[dV pr ]GB - Dec 1774' [Bray album] No. 21 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) A drawing showing a British br... More

'14 Jany. 1854.' (63) RMG PU9090

'14 Jany. 1854.' (63) This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 14 January 1854, shows the barren banks of the Nile with two gyassis sailing slowly across the calm water of the stream. The time of day could ... More

'1805-1905 Admiral Lord Nelson 'My Ships have Passed Away, But The Spi...

'1805-1905 Admiral Lord Nelson 'My Ships have Passed Away, But The Spirit of My Men Remains' Punch, October 18, 1905' A cartoon from the magazine, ‘Punch’, 18 October 1905, acknowledging the British debt to Nel... More

'1st Battle squadron in North Sea' RMG PW2216, William Lionel Wyllie

'1st Battle squadron in North Sea' Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right. This is 1st Battle Squadron of R-class and 'Iron Duke'-class battleships in the North Sea in 1917. It is essentially a study of... More

'30 Dec. (12)' RMG PU9111 - Public domain drawing

'30 Dec. (12)' This watercolour by Edward Lear, executed on 30 December 1853, shows the barren banks of the Nile with three gyassis, two of which are heavily laden with straw. Figures and animals can be seen in... More

'5.5.A.M. March 4 1867. Manfaloot (586)' RMG PU9094

'5.5.A.M. March 4 1867. Manfaloot (586)' This watercolour of the sun rising over the Nile with the silhouette of a lone dahabeeyah, a traditional cargo-vessel, on the left, was made by Edward Lear on his third ... More

'7 ' 5 Howitzer and Stokes guns HMS Vindictive'; and an aerial view of...

'7 ' 5 Howitzer and Stokes guns HMS Vindictive'; and an aerial view of the mole at Zeebrugge, 1918 wo sketches on one sheet relating to the Zeebrugge raid of 23 April 1918, the top one inscribed by the artist, ... More

'A Centinel on the Pallas's gangway, Jany 1775' (Bray album) RMG PT200...

'A Centinel on the Pallas's gangway, Jany 1775' [Bray album] No. 30 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) A drawing signed 'AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bray) on the backing paper showing a fully uniformed Marine on sen... More

'A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.' View of the Royal Obser...

'A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.' View of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1865 A view of the Observatory from the north showing the pines which then flanked the former area of the 'giant steps' a... More

'A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.' View of the Royal Obser...

'A Close View in a Chalk Pit at Upper Deal in Kent' (Bray album) RMG P...

'A Close View in a Chalk Pit at Upper Deal in Kent' [Bray album] No. 61 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) Titled as above and dated and signed 'AVpGB June 74' (to the life by Gabriel Bray), this was made near Bray's ho... More

'A Composition' RMG PY6147 - Public domain scan / engraving

'A Composition' This bound volume of 'picturesque' scenes was brought together by engraver Letitia Byrne and publisher Thomas Palser. This type of publication was relatively popular in the early 19th century, b... More

John Boydell - 'A Country Wake' RMG PY6136

'A Country Wake' Vol.II.No.47. 'A Country Wake' Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

'A Cross at Clearwell, Gloucestershire' RMG PY6150

'A Cross at Clearwell, Gloucestershire' Engraving of a Cross at Clearwell, Gloucestershire. This bound volume of 'picturesque' scenes was brought together by engraver Letitia Byrne and publisher Thomas Palser. ... More

'A Gas Attack' RMG PV0980, William Lionel Wyllie

'A Gas Attack' Inscribed by the artist, as title. While there is nothing to indicate where or when this First World War event took place (and it may just be an impression rather than specific), it is most likel... More

'A German Mine-Layer' ( 'U126') RMG PW1853, William Lionel Wyllie

'A German Mine-Layer' [ 'U126'] Signed and inscribed by the artist, 'A German Mine Layer', lower left, this drawing was reproduced in colour in Wyllie's co-authored book 'More Sea Fights of the Great War' f. p... More

'A Grand and Interesting Exhibition of a Moving Panorama of Trafalgar ...

'A Grand and Interesting Exhibition of a Moving Panorama of Trafalgar Representing the Splendid Victory achieved by Lord Nelson' Moving panoramas were essentially small circular, stationary panoramas wound on s... More

'A Greenwich Pensioner!' HB sketches No.532 RMG PZ5996

'A Greenwich Pensioner!' HB sketches No.532 See description and notes for PAH3323, another copy. A Greenwich Pensioner. HB sketches No.532

'A Harvest Man - Old Hook, August 74' (Bray album) RMG PT1983

'A Harvest Man - Old Hook, August 74' [Bray album] No. 8 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) A drawing of a county reaper signed 'AdVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bray). It shows the reaper with his sickle and a small ba... More

'A Horror of War' - a study of the patrol gunboat 'Kilchvan' RMG PV214...

'A Horror of War' : a study of the patrol gunboat 'Kilchvan' Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right. The ship was a double-ended 'Kil'-class patrol gunboat built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd at Beverle... More

'A Launch of Spaniards weighing an Anchor at Teneriff, Jany 75' (Bray ...

'A Launch of Spaniards weighing an Anchor at Teneriff, Jany 75' [Bray album]No. 33 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) A view taken en route to Africa in the 'Pallas', probably in the harbour at Santa Cruz de Tenerife. T... More

'A Light Cruiser off Scapa Pier' RMG PW1757, William Lionel Wyllie

'A Light Cruiser off Scapa Pier' Signed by artist (in black) and lightly inscribed in pencil below it, lower right ' A light cruiser in Scapa Bay', this finished watercolour was reproduced in colour with the ti... More

'A Marine and Seaman fishing off the Anchor on board the Pallas in Sen...

'A Marine & Seaman fishing off the Anchor on board the Pallas in Senegal Road, Jany 75' [Bray album] No. 38 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) Titled, dated and signed at the bottom, on the backing paper 'AVprGB' (to th... More

'A Monitor in the Mediterranean' RMG PW0899, William Lionel Wyllie

'A Monitor in the Mediterranean' Inscribed , as title, in pencil by the artist and signed below that in black ink or watercolour, lower left. This drawing was reproduced (in black and white), with the title ab... More

'A Negro Woman's Lamentation' RMG E9995

'A Negro Woman's Lamentation' The engraving depicts an African woman kneeling beneath a palm tree with broken chains before on the ground; she holds a Bible to her breast. The caption reads: ‘This book tell man... More

'A new Machine (or Raft) to cover (or protect) the Landing of the Fren...

'A new Machine (or Raft) to cover (or protect) the Landing of the French on their intended Invasion of England etc (Rafts 4)' Hand-coloured print depicting 'A new Machine (or Raft) to cover (or protect) the Lan... More

'A Park Scene' RMG PY6155 - Public domain scan / engraving

'A Park Scene' Engraving of a park scene, near Lyminton.This bound volume of 'picturesque' scenes was brought together by engraver Letitia Byrne and publisher Thomas Palser. This type of publication was relativ... More

'A Plan and Elevation of the New Piers and Porters Lodge on the West s...

'A Plan and Elevation of the New Piers and Porters Lodge on the West side of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich. Measured and Delineated in July 1752' Plan and elevation of the West Gate piers and lodges of Greenw... More

'A Portrait of the East Indiaman ('Orwell'), built at Mr Bayley's Ship...

'A Portrait of the East Indiaman ['Orwell'], built at Mr Bayley's Ship-Yard, Ipswich. Launched 17th August, 1817' Print showing the Indiaman 'Orwell' on the stocks at Ipswich, inscribed lower right: 'Published ... More

'A Prospect of Grenwich Hospitall for seamen as designed and advancing...

'A Prospect of Grenwich Hospitall for seamen as designed and advancing Ao.1699' This perspective view was previously dated circa 1730 since it correlates with a 1728 plan by Hawksmoor in the RIBA for the propos... More

'A sailor centinel on the Pallas's gangway' (Bray album) RMG L5333

'A sailor centinel on the Pallas's gangway' [Bray album] No. 27 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) Titled as above at the top of the drawing, and dated and signed at the bottom 'Decr 74 AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel B... More

'A sailor centinel on the Pallas's gangway' (Bray album) RMG PT2002

'A Sailor fishing off a gun (on the) Pallas' (Bray album) RMG PT2016

'A Sailor fishing off a gun [on the] Pallas' [Bray album] No. 41 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) A drawing of a sailor fishing signed and dated 'Jany 75 AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bray). It was drawn on board th... More

'A scene in Ashted Park, Surry' RMG PY6157

'A scene in Ashted Park, Surry' 'A scene in Ashted Park, Surry'. This bound volume of 'picturesque' scenes was brought together by engraver Letitia Byrne and publisher Thomas Palser. This type of publication wa... More

'A Seaman fishing off a gun' (Bray album) RMG PT2015

'A Seaman fishing off a gun' [Bray album] No. 40 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) Titled and dated as above and signed and dated 'AVprGB Jany 75' (to the life by Gabriel Bray), on the backing paper. Drawn on the 'Pall... More

'A shop on (the) Point at Portsmouth, Novr- 74' (Bray album) RMG PT201...

'A shop on [the] Point at Portsmouth, Novr: 74' [Bray album] No. 39 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) Titled and dated as above and signed 'AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bray) at the top, and also initialled 'GB' in ... More

'A small cottage at Middle Deal in Kent, June 74' (Bray album) RMG PT1...

'A small cottage at Middle Deal in Kent, June 74' [Bray album] No. 6 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) A drawing of a small cottage signed 'AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bray), drawn in Kent while Bray was at home b... More

'A Sticker-up of Bills on Tower Hill at the Rendezvous at the King's A...

'A Sticker-up of Bills on Tower Hill at the Rendezvous at the King's Arms' [Bray album] No. 10 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) Titled as above and signed, twice, 'AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bray), once on the dr... More

'A surprise'. Original illustration to Marryat's 'Poor Jack' (1840) RM...

'A surprise'. Original illustration to Marryat's 'Poor Jack' (1840)Jack (Tom Saunders) is told a story by his Greenwich Pensioner father (see PAF6067) in which a press-gang board a merchantman. One of the crew,... More

'A Torpedoed cruiser escorted to port'- HMS 'Dublin' in the Adriatic, ...

'A Torpedoed cruiser escorted to port': HMS 'Dublin' in the Adriatic, June 1915 Inscribed, as title, and signed by the artist, lower right, this drawing was reproduced in Wyllie and M.F. Wren's 'Sea Fights of ... More

'A Town Major' - a soldier in uniform lounging on a sofa RMG PZ4297

'A Town Major' - a soldier in uniform lounging on a sofa Inscribed at the bottom of the page: 'A Town Major'. A uniformed army officer reclining on a sofa. From an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) f... More

'A View from St Mary's Church, Cambridge' RMG PY6141

'A View from St Mary's Church, Cambridge' This caricature entitled 'A View from St Mary's Church Cambridge' shows a vicar in a pulpit, his right hand across his breast, his left on a book, presumably a bible, r... More

'A View from Trinity College, Cambridge' RMG PY6142

'A View from Trinity College, Cambridge' This caricature entitled 'A View from Trinity College, Cambridge' shows a don in a gown and mortar board and metal frame glasses walking across the grounds. Richard Digh... More

'A View of a Dutch Fort taken from the Pallas whe(n) passing it suppos...

'A View of a Dutch Fort taken from the Pallas whe[n] passing it supposed to be Artez [Anzer]' [Bray album]No. 46 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) Titled and dated as above, and signed and dated 'AVprGB Mar 75' (to the... More

'A View of Fort Apolonia (Appollonia) and the canoe landing the office...

'A View of Fort Apolonia [Appollonia] & the canoe landing the officer thro' the Surf, March 75' [Bray album] No. 45 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) A drawing of Fort Apolonia, with the title and date below on the old... More

'A View of the Dock Gates at Portsmouth taken from the Navy Coffee hou...

'A View of the Dock Gates at Portsmouth taken from the Navy Coffee house window, Decr 74' [Bray album] No. 19 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) The view appears to be along the Dockyard wall towards the Hard, with one ... More

'A View of the Fort at Senegal taken from the Road, Feb 75' (Bray albu...

'A View of the Fort at Senegal taken from the Road, Feb 75' [Bray album] No. 59 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) Titled and dated as above on the tag of a backing sheet, and signed 'AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bra... More

'A Walk from Bridge Street to St John's Hall' RMG PY6144

'A Walk from Bridge Street to St John's Hall' This caricature entitled 'A Walk from Bridge Street to St John's Hall' shows a man walking along with his gown wrapped around his arms which he holds behind his bac... More

'A Waterman at Portsmouth Point' (Bray album) RMG PT1990

'A Waterman at Portsmouth Point' [Bray album] No. 15 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) A drawing of a waterman signed and dated 'AV GB Nov 74' (to the life Gabriel Bray). This and PAJ1991, both made at Portsmouth befor... More

'A Waterman at Portsmouth Point' (Bray album) RMG PT1991

'A Waterman at Portsmouth Point' [Bray album] No. 16 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) A drawing of a waterman signed 'AVprGB' (to the life by Gabriel Bray). This and PAJ1990, both made at Portsmouth before Bray sailed... More

'Abou Ajees. 3.P.M. Jany. 3. 1867 (49)' RMG PU9107

'Abou Ajees. 3.P.M. Jany. 3. 1867 (49)' This watercolour-view by Edward Lear was taken in the afternoon on 3 January 1867 during the artist’s third visit to Egypt. It shows the banks of the Nile with palm trees... More

'Admiral Beatty's Battle Cruisers at Jutland'; with HMS 'Lion' leading...

'Admiral Beatty's Battle Cruisers at Jutland'; with HMS 'Lion' leading, 31 May 1916, about 19.20 This is a view from fine on the port bow of the British Battlecruiser Force, led by Admiral Beatty's flagship 'L... More

'Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats. G. C. B. Governor of the Royal Hos...

'Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats. G. C. B. Governor of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich' This is engraved from Jackson's oil painting of about 1817 (BHC2975). Keats (1757-1834) had a very active career in both A... More

'Agamemnon' at sea, a cutter in the foreground RMG PT2475

'Agamemnon' at sea, a cutter in the foreground Watercolour entitled 'Agamemnon at sea, a cutter in the foreground'. The cutter may be a pilot and on the right a second ship in stern view flies the post-1843 Gre... More

'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners) RMG 8573

'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners) Two Greenwich Pensioners lamenting changing times and standards. The one on the left is in right profile with his hands behind his back, has a peg-leg r... More

'Ah! the Navy arn't what it was!' (Greenwich Pensioners) RMG PY3319

'Alexandria from Marabout' RMG PW1478, William Lionel Wyllie

'Alexandria from Marabout' In 1883 Wyllie went to Alexandria to make studies for the two paintings of the July 1882 British Bombardment, which had been commissioned by the Fine Art Society, London. Wyllie's stu... More

'American Minesweepers cheering British battleships. (at) Scapa', 1918...

'American Minesweepers cheering British battleships. [at] Scapa', 1918 Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower left. From left to right the ships in this drawing are an 'Iron Duke'-class battleship, the US.min... More

'An accurate view - of London and Westminster - on Wednesday 8th Janua...

'An accurate view... of London and Westminster.... on Wednesday 8th January 1806.... when the remains of the Great Admiral Lord Nelson were brought from Greenwich to Whitehall' Hand-coloured.; Text in English b... More

'An accurate view - of London and Westminster - on Wednesday 8th Janua...

'An Elevated View of The New Docks and Warehouses now constructing on ...

'An Elevated View of The New Docks & Warehouses now constructing on the Isle of Dogs near Limehouse for the reception & accomodation of shipping in the West India Trade...' An elevated view of the West India Do... More

'An Emblematic design in Memory of our Much lamented Hero Lord Viscoun...

'An Emblematic design in Memory of our Much lamented Hero Lord Viscount Nelson Duke of Bronte &c &c...' Technique includes etching. A populist print produced within four months of the Battle of Trafalgar, where... More

'Ancient Edifice, near Rome' RMG PY6165

'Ancient Edifice, near Rome' View of an "Ancient Edifice, near Rome'. The accompanying text for this engraving is missing. The engraving shows a building in the foreground, possibly a Gatehouse along an apparen... More

'Ancient tower at Cloyne, Feby 1856' (Ireland) RMG PZ4679

'Ancient tower at Cloyne, Feby 1856' [Ireland] No. 7 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The ancient 30-metre round tower in the... More

'Ann Bullen Queen of K. Henry VIII' RMG PY6069

'Ann Bullen Queen of K. Henry VIII' Half-lenght portrait of Anne Boleyn by Jacobus Houbraken after Hans Holbein. The sitter is depicted within an oval frame. Below, a putti holding a torch is lifting a drape co... More

'Antinoe' (41) RMG PU9095 - Drawing. Public domain image.

'Antinoe' (41) The page is covered with studies of various Egyptian craft, including dahabeeyahs, gyassis and nuggers. Each vessel is portrayed individually on a stretch of calm, reflecting water with some brig... More

'Arran and the Firth of Clyde from Fairlie, 1843' (Scotland) RMG PZ470...

'Arran and the Firth of Clyde from Fairlie, 1843' [Scotland] No. 29 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The view looks south-wes... More

'Assistance' and 'Pioneer' breaking out of winter quarters,1854 RMG PW...

'Assistance' and 'Pioneer' breaking out of winter quarters,1854 Inscribed "H.M.S. Assistance and Pioneer breaking out of winter quarters, 1854." 'Assistance' is shown in the centre foreground and 'Pioneer' behi... More

'Assistance' and 'Pioneer' fast to the Floe, off Cape Majendie, Wellin...

'Assistance' and 'Pioneer' fast to the Floe, off Cape Majendie, Wellington Channel, 1853 Plate V Inscribed "H.M.S. Assistance and Pioneer fast to the floe, off Cape Majendie, Wellington Channel, 1853." 'Assista... More

'Assistance' and 'Pioneer' fast to the Floe, off Cape Majendie, Wellin...

'Astronomy' (Airy) (caricature) RMG PT4010

'Astronomy' (Airy) (caricature) Print and accompanying magazine article. Published in Vanity Fair, 13 November 1875 and integrally signed 'Ape' (the pen-name of Pellegrini). Astronomy' (Airy) (caricature). Bro... More

'Astronomy' (Airy) (caricature) RMG RV1262

'At Kelung, Formosa' (Taiwan) RMG PT2056

'At Kelung, Formosa' [Taiwan] No. 6 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed in capitals by the artist on the drawing, lower left, as title, although the word 'Formosa' has largely been trimmed off with the bottom ... More

'At Nagasaki' (Japan) RMG PT2069

'At Nagasaki' [Japan] No. 19 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page 'At Nagasaki', and dated '7/68'. Even today there are a number of traditional stone bridges like this spanning t... More

'At Nagasaki' (Japan) RMG PT2087

'At Nagasaki' [Japan] No. 37 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title and dated '3/69'. The view is across one of the steeply walled local watercourses, with the arch of a ... More

'At Oshima (return from whale fishing)' (Japan) RMG PT2096

'At Oshima (return from whale fishing)' [Japan] No. 46 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, and dated '2/70'. While there is more than one Japanese island called Oshim... More

'At Yokohama' (Japan) RMG PT2059

'At Yokohama' [Japan] No. 9 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist in the lower right corner of the drawing 'Yokohama' with the monogram signature 'JHB' and date '7/68'; and on the album page, as ti... More

'At Yokohama' (Japan) RMG PT2092

'At Yokohama' [Japan] No. 42 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title, with the date '1/70'. It shows a street scene of wooden houses amid spindly trees, above which the c... More

'Atalante' passing Sambro (Nova Scotia) at sunset RMG PW8008

'Atalante' passing Sambro (Nova Scotia) at sunset 'Atalante' is depicted in the centre of the composition surrounded by three sailing boats. The coast of Sambro (Nova Scotia) provides the backdrop. Inscribed: "... More

'Attack on Whale Island' (exercise) RMG PV1016, William Lionel Wyllie

'Attack on Whale Island' (exercise) Inscribed by the artist, as title, and signed, lower left: additional printed text in English added below image. This is an illustration of an amphibious excercise in Portsmo... More

'Bacchus's and Cupid's Vintage' RMG PY6104

'Bacchus's and Cupid's Vintage' 'Bacchus's and Cupid's Vintage' by James Godby after Friedrich Rehberg. A young Bacchus is teaching Cupid how to tread grapes in a sculpted trough? decorated with lions' heads fr... More

'Basilisk', paddle sloop, 6 guns, towing stern-to-stern with 'Niger', ...

'Basilisk', paddle sloop, 6 guns, towing stern-to-stern with 'Niger', screw sloop, 14 guns Inscribed: “Towing stern to stern each vessel exerting her utmost power in opposite directions. This trial of power bet... More

William Callow - 'Bateau pecheur', fishing boats off Naples, 1840 RMG ...

'Bateau pecheur', fishing boats off Naples, 1840 Callow was born in Greenwich and studied under Theodore Fielding along with Charles Bentley. In Paris during the 1830s he shared a studio with Thomas Shotter Boy... More

'Battle Cruiser "Repulse"' RMG PW1810, William Lionel Wyllie

'Battle Cruiser "Repulse"' Signed and inscribed by the artist 'HM Battle-Cruiser Repulse', lower left. This drawing was reproduced in Wyllie's co-authored book 'More Sea Fights of the Great War' (1919), f. p. ... More

'Battle ships of German High Seas Fleet off Inch Keith' RMG PW1758

'Battle ships of German High Seas Fleet off Inch Keith' Inscribed, as title, and signed by the artist, lower left.This atmospheric study off the island of Inchkeith at the mouth of the Firth of Forth shows Germ... More

'Bay of Naples from Castellamare, May 1858' (Italy) RMG PZ4699

'Bay of Naples from Castellamare, May 1858' [Italy] No. 27 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The view is taken from south of V... More

'Bay of Naples' RMG PY6015-001 - Public domain scan of drawing

'Bay of Naples' Although undated this drawing of the 'view of the Bay of Naples' was probably done by Matilda Rose on the same trip to Italy as other drawings in this collection, which would give it a date of a... More

'Bay of Naples' RMG PY6015-002 - Public domain scenic drawing

'Beaumontia' RMG PY6019 - Public domain drawing

'Beaumontia' Still life with flowers representing white Beaumontia, a climbing plant native of India. Rose, as she was known to the family, was John and Margaret's 10th child (7th daughter). This is one of a s... More

'Behind Arrochar, looking upon Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond, 1843' (Scot...

'Behind Arrochar, looking upon Loch Lomond and Ben Lomond, 1843' [Scotland] No. 32 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. Arrochar ... More

'Belvidere' off Flushing RMG PY8465

'Belvidere' off Flushing 'Belvidere' is shown in port broadside view, entering port in a stiff breeze, and identified as such by name plate both at her bow and rear bulwark, and the signal “First 8 5 9” flown f... More

'Ben Nevis, from the end of the Caledonian Canal, 1843' (Scotland) RMG...

'Ben Nevis, from the end of the Caledonian Canal, 1843' [Scotland] No. 34 in Fanshawe's Baltic and later album, 1843 - 83. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. This view was prob... More

'Between Daboad and Phila. 4.P.M. Feby 18. 1867.' (524) RMG PU9106

'Between Daboad & Phila. 4.P.M. Feby 18. 1867.' (524) This watercolour of a large Nile craft berthed on the river’s bank was taken by Edward Lear in the afternoon on 18 February 1867 during the artist’s third v... More

'Blackrock Gate' RMG PW1772, William Lionel Wyllie

'Blackrock Gate' Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right and with the measurements below '11 x 9' [inches]. During the World War I Wyllie was often at sea with the Navy. This enabled him to make a huge c... More

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