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The Royal Naval Exhibition at Chelsea: exhibits and visitors. Wood engraving by R. Taylor & Co., ca. 1900 (?).
Date: 1900Reference: 548106i
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Anno quarto & quinto Gulielmi IV. Regis. Cap. XXXIV. An act to repeal the laws relating to the contribution out of merchant seamen's wages towards the support of the Royal Naval hospital at Greenwich, and for supplying other funds in lieu thereof. [25th July 1834.].
Date: 1834
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An essay on diseases incidental to Europeans in hot climates : with the method of preventing their fatal consequences / by James Lind ... ; to which is added, an appendix concerning intermittent fevers; and a simple and easy way to render sea water fresh, and to prevent a scarcity of provisions in long voyages at sea.
James LindDate: 1808
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An old sailor with wooden leg and a man with no arms drinking in a tavern; below is a song about their seafaring days. Etching by I. Cruikshank, c. 1791.
Isaac CruikshankDate: 25 June 1791Reference: 26889i
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By the paymaster of pensions from the Royal Hospital, for Seamen, &c. at Greenwich : these are to certify, that ... is an out-pensioner of the said hospital, at ... pounds ... shillings per annum, to commence from the date thereof. by virtue of the Act of the 55th George the Third ...
Royal Hospital for Seamen at GreenwichDate: [1815?]
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Nautical benevolent and welfare organisations / compiled by King George's Fund for Sailors.
Date: 1954
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Anno quinquagesimo primo Georgii III. Regis. Cap. CV. An act to enable persons to bequeath lands and tenements to the commissioners for the government of the Royal Naval Asylum, and to authorize the said commissioners to hold the same for the benefit of the said asylum; and for amending an act made in the forty-seventh year of his present majesty relating to the said asylum. [26th June 1811.].
Date: 1811
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An American sailor sits disconsolately in his pyjamas, regretting his infection with a venereal disease incurable with penicillin. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.
Date: [1948?]Reference: 580287i
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The Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: the arrival of wounded soldiers in Portsmouth; with a numbered key. Wood engraving.
Reference: 20928i
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A proposal, humbly offer'd to the consideration of the honourable the Commons of England in Parliament assembled, for raising a farther supply towards the erecting and maintenance of the intended college or hospital at Greenwich : for ancient and maimed mariners and seamen; or such other good and publick use, as the honourable House shall think fit.
P. C.Date: [1694?]
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A boy sailor climbing up riggings. Engraving by W.H. Lizars after W. Nicholson.
Nicholson, Wiliam, 1784-1844.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29552i
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Fifteen uniformed men, each of different rank in the Royal Navy, on the deck of a ship. Coloured lithograph, c. 1859.
Date: 1 June 1859Reference: 24272i
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Annual report : 22nd (1938) / King George's Fund for Sailors.
King George's Fund for Sailors (Great Britain)Date: 1938
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Lifebuoy soap : for preservation of health : "a picture of health" / Lever Brothers Ltd.
Lever BrothersDate: [between 1900 and 1909]
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An account of the nature, causes, symptoms, and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people : with observations on the diet of the sea-men in His Majesty's navy : illustrated with some remarkable instances of the sickness of the fleet during the last summer, historically related / by W.C.
William CockburnDate: 1696
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The hand of an American sailor about to pick up a lace handkerchief representing venereal disease. Colour lithograph, 1948.
Date: 1948Reference: 580225i
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Sailors on stage in mid-pose, wearing a variety of costumes. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2043892i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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The death of Lord Nelson on the quarter deck aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by W. Bromley after A.W. Devis, 1807.
Arthur William DevisDate: 1807Reference: 546001i
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World directory of venereal-disease treatment centres at ports = Répertoire mondial des centres de traitement pour maladies vénériennes dans les ports : application of the international agreement of Brussels, 1924, respecting facilities to be given to merchant seamen for the treatment of venereal diseases / World Health Organization.
Date: 1959
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A sailor being toasted by a group of his friends in a tavern as he is about to depart for New Zealand. Pencil, ink and wash, by S. Jenner.
Jenner, Stephen, 1796-Date: 1800-1899Reference: 560866i
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Remarks on irritative fever, commonly called the Plymouth dock-yard disease ; with Mr. Dryden's detailed account of the fatal cases, including that of the lamented surgeon, Dr. Bell ; ... / by John Butter.
Butter, John, 1791-1877.Date: 1825
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Suizid und Männlichkeit : Selbsttötungen von Männern auf See, in der Wehrmacht und im zivilen Bereich, 1893-ca. 1986 / von Nicole Schweig.
Schweig, Nicole, 1968-Date: 2016
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A sailor's widow listens while a woman reads her a letter. Coloured lithograph by J. Vallou de Villeneuve, 183?, after J.A. Franquelin.
Franquelin, Jean-Augustin, 1798-1839.Date: 183?Reference: 16886i
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The Merchant seamen's hospital with a view of the grounds and sea, Belvedere, Kent. Wood engraving.
Reference: 15559i
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A sailor, proposed as a member of a society in which masks are worn at meetings, makes enquiries to its chairman using nautical vocabulary. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter after G.M. Woodward.
George Murgatroyd WoodwardDate: [1869]Reference: 32403i

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The Royal Naval Exhibition at Chelsea: exhibits and visitors. Wood engraving by R. Taylor & Co., ca. 1900 (?).

Anno quarto & quinto Gulielmi IV. Regis. Cap. XXXIV. An act to repeal the laws relating to the contribution out of merchant seamen's wages towards the support of the Royal Naval hospital at Greenwich, and for supplying other funds in lieu thereof. [25th July 1834.].

An old sailor with wooden leg and a man with no arms drinking in a tavern; below is a song about their seafaring days. Etching by I. Cruikshank, c. 1791.

By the paymaster of pensions from the Royal Hospital, for Seamen, &c. at Greenwich : these are to certify, that ... is an out-pensioner of the said hospital, at ... pounds ... shillings per annum, to commence from the date thereof. by virtue of the Act of the 55th George the Third ...

Nautical benevolent and welfare organisations / compiled by King George's Fund for Sailors.

An American sailor sits disconsolately in his pyjamas, regretting his infection with a venereal disease incurable with penicillin. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.

The Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882: the arrival of wounded soldiers in Portsmouth; with a numbered key. Wood engraving.

A boy sailor climbing up riggings. Engraving by W.H. Lizars after W. Nicholson.

Fifteen uniformed men, each of different rank in the Royal Navy, on the deck of a ship. Coloured lithograph, c. 1859.

Annual report : 22nd (1938) / King George's Fund for Sailors.

Lifebuoy soap : for preservation of health : "a picture of health" / Lever Brothers Ltd.

The hand of an American sailor about to pick up a lace handkerchief representing venereal disease. Colour lithograph, 1948.

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

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

A sailor being toasted by a group of his friends in a tavern as he is about to depart for New Zealand. Pencil, ink and wash, by S. Jenner.

Remarks on irritative fever, commonly called the Plymouth dock-yard disease ; with Mr. Dryden's detailed account of the fatal cases, including that of the lamented surgeon, Dr. Bell ; ... / by John Butter.

Suizid und Männlichkeit : Selbsttötungen von Männern auf See, in der Wehrmacht und im zivilen Bereich, 1893-ca. 1986 / von Nicole Schweig.

A sailor's widow listens while a woman reads her a letter. Coloured lithograph by J. Vallou de Villeneuve, 183?, after J.A. Franquelin.

The Merchant seamen's hospital with a view of the grounds and sea, Belvedere, Kent. Wood engraving.

A sailor, proposed as a member of a society in which masks are worn at meetings, makes enquiries to its chairman using nautical vocabulary. Lithograph by C.J.W. Winter after G.M. Woodward.