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Shipbuilding

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  • An elaborate cross-section of Noah's ark, detailing the storing of provisions and livestock; scenes of loading and construction. Line engraving.
  • Ship-building: six kinds of ship (top), the hull of a ship of the line (centre and below). Engraving, 1806.
  • Ship-building: detail showing various types of ship, Brig, Billander, Dogger, Galley, Galliot, Schooner, Sloop, Xebec. Engraving by J. Taylor.
  • Men build the ark while revellers play; God supervises. Engraving.
  • Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving by J. Tomlinson, 1809, after E. Pugh, 1804.
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    Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

    | Reference: 34484i
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    Ship-building: six kinds of ship (top), the hull of a ship of the line (centre and below). Engraving, 1806.

    | Date: 9 November 1806 | Reference: 44503i
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    Ship-building: various types of ship, and timbers of a hull. Engraving by J. Taylor.

    | Reference: 44514i
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    Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving by J. Tomlinson, 1809, after E. Pugh, 1804.

    Pugh, Edward, active 1793-1813. | Date: 1 March 1809 | Reference: 34893i
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    Ship-building: side and end elevations of a ship, and a half-plan of a hull. Engraving c.1861.

    | Reference: 46058i
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