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The wooden world dissected : in the character of a ship of war, as also, the characters of all the officers, from the captain to the common sailor / by the author of The London-spy.
Ned WardDate: 1779
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Malta: Royal Naval Hospital or Bighi Hospital, with sailors dancing on the shore. Coloured pen and ink drawing by J. Parker, 1843, after C.F. de Brocktorff, ca. 1819 (?).
Brocktorff, Charles Frederick, 1775-1850.Date: 1843Reference: 18259i
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The medical quarters of the Melbourne, a ship of the Line: a ward deck, above, and an operating theatre, below. Wood engraving, 1860.
Date: 1860Reference: 39506i
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Horatio Nelson setting off to seize an American ship in the American War of Independence, 1777. Engraving by A. Raimbach, 1809, after R. Westall.
Richard WestallDate: 1809Reference: 645974i
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Anno septimo Georgii IV. Regis. Cap. XXXV. An act to enable incapacitated persons to convey to the commissioners and governors of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, in the county of Kent, certain premises situate in the parish of Greenwich in the said county, and for other purposes relating thereto. [5th May 1826.].
Date: 1826
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Observations on diseases incident to seamen : whether employed on, or retired from actual service, for accidents, infirmities or old age / by Robert Robertson.
Robert RobertsonDate: 1807
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Two Marines and a young sailor sitting together on board ship. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Date: [between 1920 and 1929?]Reference: 2059532i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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British inventors, politicians and military men: a key to the identities of the sitters. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
Thomas Jones BarkerDate: 10 August 1863Reference: 545239i
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A practical account of the fever commonly called the bilious remittent, as it appeared in the ships and hospitals of the Mediterranean fleet : with cases and dissections : to which are added, facts and observations, illustrative of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of fever, in the Mediterranean, comprehending the history of fever in the fleet, during the years 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, and of the Gibraltar & Carthagena fevers / by William Burnett, M.D., physician of the fleet, late physician and inspector of hospitals to His Majesty's fleet in that sea.
Burnett, William, Sir, 1779-1861.Date: 1814
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Sailors posing in an engine room. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2059517i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Seamen Orphan Institution, Liverpool, Merseyside: Lord Derby laying the first stone. Wood engraving.
Reference: 20338i
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A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.
George Murgatroyd WoodwardDate: [1807?]Reference: 11208i
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A sailor setting the broken leg of another sailor after an accident on deck. Halftone after F. Brangwyn, 1895.
Frank BrangwynDate: [1895]Reference: 23487i
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An American sailor looking at a prostitute with a warning to use a condom as a protection against sexually transmitted diseases. Lithographic match-book cover.
Date: [between 1940 and 1949?]Reference: 31842i
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Anno quinto Georgii IV. Regis. Cap. CVII. An act to prevent the illegal pawning of clothes and stores belonging to Chelsea Hospital; to give further powers to the treasurer and deputy treasurer of Chelsea and Greenwich hospitals; to punish persons fraudulently receiving prize money or pensions; and to enable the commissioners of Chelsea Hospital to hold lands purchased under the will of Colonel Drowly. [24th June 1824.].
Date: 1824
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Annual report : 7th (1923) / King George's Fund for Sailors.
King George's Fund for Sailors (Great Britain)Date: 1923
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Three pictures: an Indian woman smoking; three drunken sailors with a barrel; a contented man with pipe and tankard. Wood-engravings.
Reference: 25017i
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Some account of the diseases that prevailed in two voyages to the East Indies, in the Carnatic East-Indiaman, during the years 1793-98; together with observations and medical remarks, in a series of letters to John Hunter / by John Milne.
Milne, John, 1775-1841.Date: 1803
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Observations on the diseases of seamen ... / by Gilbert Blane.
Gilbert BlaneDate: 1789
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Village School, Montacute, Somerset. Wood engraving, 1848.
Date: 29 January 1848Reference: 18391i
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Proposals to encrease seamen for the service and defence of England.
Date: [1693]
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A sailor and a young woman with her breasts exposed are seated on a settee; a table with two glasses and a bottle in the foreground. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850 (?).
Date: [1850?]Reference: 573413i
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The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1806, after W.M. Craig.
William Marshall CraigDate: Jan. 1st 1806Reference: 548036i
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A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.
Isaac Robert CruikshankDate: Mar 1 1843Reference: 29584i
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The death of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by J. Taylor, 1806, after R. Corbould.
Richard CorbouldDate: Nov.r 8th 1806Reference: 548104i

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The wooden world dissected : in the character of a ship of war, as also, the characters of all the officers, from the captain to the common sailor / by the author of The London-spy.

Malta: Royal Naval Hospital or Bighi Hospital, with sailors dancing on the shore. Coloured pen and ink drawing by J. Parker, 1843, after C.F. de Brocktorff, ca. 1819 (?).

The medical quarters of the Melbourne, a ship of the Line: a ward deck, above, and an operating theatre, below. Wood engraving, 1860.

Horatio Nelson setting off to seize an American ship in the American War of Independence, 1777. Engraving by A. Raimbach, 1809, after R. Westall.

Observations on diseases incident to seamen : whether employed on, or retired from actual service, for accidents, infirmities or old age / by Robert Robertson.

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

British inventors, politicians and military men: a key to the identities of the sitters. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.

Sailors posing in an engine room. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Seamen Orphan Institution, Liverpool, Merseyside: Lord Derby laying the first stone. Wood engraving.

A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.

A sailor setting the broken leg of another sailor after an accident on deck. Halftone after F. Brangwyn, 1895.

An American sailor looking at a prostitute with a warning to use a condom as a protection against sexually transmitted diseases. Lithographic match-book cover.

Annual report : 7th (1923) / King George's Fund for Sailors.

Three pictures: an Indian woman smoking; three drunken sailors with a barrel; a contented man with pipe and tankard. Wood-engravings.

Some account of the diseases that prevailed in two voyages to the East Indies, in the Carnatic East-Indiaman, during the years 1793-98; together with observations and medical remarks, in a series of letters to John Hunter / by John Milne.

Observations on the diseases of seamen ... / by Gilbert Blane.

Village School, Montacute, Somerset. Wood engraving, 1848.

Proposals to encrease seamen for the service and defence of England.

A sailor and a young woman with her breasts exposed are seated on a settee; a table with two glasses and a bottle in the foreground. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850 (?).

The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1806, after W.M. Craig.

A British sailor in Zhoushan, China, is charged with entering a house and delivering a love-letter from another sailor to one of the women in the house: they react with consternation. Etching after Robert Cruikshank, 1843.

The death of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by J. Taylor, 1806, after R. Corbould.