Person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists in doing so

Two sailors, one in drag, pose on deck holding props. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Two Marines and a young sailor sitting together on board ship. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Chapel of St. Helena, Jerusalem: naval officers and sailors on a tour. Chromolithograph by H. Clerget and J. Gaildrau after François Edmond Pâris, 1862.

World War I: wounded sailors listening to musicians playing on board ship. Oil painting by Oswald Moser, ca. 1918.

A sailor from Mallorca, with a pipe in his mouth is carrying a basket with fish in it as he stands on a rock looking out to sea. Etching by D. Juan de la Cruz after D. Antonio Carnicero.

Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.

Sailors with men in drag outside a building. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Three sailors, two in drag wearing pierrette costumes, pose on deck. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Sailors, one in drag, performing "The Rivals". Photographic postcard, 191-.

The death of Lord Nelson on the quarter deck aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by J. Rogers after A. Devis, 1807.

Drunken sailors round a table cheering and throwing their hats in the air as a man with a wooden leg recounts the Battle of the Nile. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.

Sailors on stage in mid-pose, wearing a variety of costumes. Photographic postcard, 191-.

A letter to the mayor of -------- . Wherein the discouragements of the seamen employed in his Majesty's navy, and the merits of the bill brought into Parliament in the last session, for their relief, are impartially examined, by a Member of Parliament.

1 print : engraving ; image and border 22.2 x 31.9 cm

The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving, 1814.

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image and border 21.5 x 18 cm

Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

Hospital ships, China: sketches showing the interior including the surgery room, with printed text. Wood engraving, 1860.

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

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Merchant mariners

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A letter to the mayor of -------- . Wherein the discouragements of the seamen employed in his Majesty's navy, and the merits of the bill brought into Parliament in the last session, for their relief, are impartially examined, by a Member of Parliament.

The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving, 1814.

Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

Hospital ships, China: sketches showing the interior including the surgery room, with printed text. Wood engraving, 1860.

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

Merchant mariners

Images from the collections

Images referencing Merchant mariners

Works from the collections

A letter to the mayor of -------- . Wherein the discouragements of the seamen employed in his Majesty's navy, and the merits of the bill brought into Parliament in the last session, for their relief, are impartially examined, by a Member of Parliament.

The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving, 1814.

Horatio Nelson attacking a Spanish ship before bombarding Cadiz, 1797. Engraving by A. Smith, 1809, after R. Westall.

Hospital ships, China: sketches showing the interior including the surgery room, with printed text. Wood engraving, 1860.

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

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