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A letter to the commissioners for transports, and sick and wounded seamen, on the non-contagious nature of the yellow fever : and containing hints to officers, for the prevention of this disease among seamen / by James Veitch.
Veitch, James, 1770?-1856.Date: 1818
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British prisoners of war posing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]Reference: 2044089i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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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.
Antonio CarniceroReference: 30451i
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Four sailors performing in the play 'The Great Casimir'. Photographic postcard, 1918.
Date: [1918]Reference: 2042943i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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Boys dressed as sailors in a line, varying in height. Colour process print, 191-.
Date: [between 1910 and 1916?]Reference: 2059451i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by Taylor after R. Corbould.
Richard CorbouldDate: 27 March 1813Reference: 548101i
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U.S. Naval Asylum, Philadelphia. Lithograph by J.C. Wild.
Wild, J. C.Reference: 22250i
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British inventors, politicians and military men, gathered in a room at Buckingham Palace. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
Thomas Jones BarkerDate: 10 August 1863Reference: 545931i
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Whispers from Wendover ward / edited by "Staff".
Date: 1918
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Explorers: James Cook, Bougainville, Dumont d'Urville, and La Pérouse. Engraving.
Reference: 546724i
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Horatio Nelson, wounded in battle at Tenerife in 1797, is taken to safety by his concerned crew. Engraving by J. Neagle, 1809, after R. Westall.
Richard WestallDate: May 1809Reference: 646420i
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An abstract of certain instructions given the Commissioners for taking care of the sick and wounded men, for the relief of widows, children and impotent parents of such as shall be slain in His Majesties service at sea.
Date: [1664]
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Observations upon the bulam fever which has of late years prevailed in the West Indies, on the coast of America, at Gibraltar, Cadiz, and other parts of Spain : with a collection of facts proving it to be a highly contagious disease / by William Pym, Esq.
Pym, William, Sir, 1772-1861.Date: 1815
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To those honoured ladies and gentlemen, condescending to encourage, his neat new invented medicinal chests, travelling dispensaries, or useful repositories for health and amusement, with their patronage or protection, the following allegorical prologue and epilogue, taken from scenes in real life, and now (for the first time) adapted to the new medley, or musical entertainment of the sailors happy return, together with the mariners dream and other pieces ... are respectfully addressed, and most humbly recommended to their perusal, by their humble servant, to command, the proprietor.
Date: [between 1780 and 1789?]
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The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving, 1813.
Date: July 31 1813Reference: 548103i
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Anno primo & secundo Georgii IV. Regis. Cap. XCVIII. An act to enable the commissioners or governors of Greenwich Hospital to continue to provide for the payment of out pensioners of the said hospital. [10th July 1821.].
Date: 1821
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Anno Regni Annæ Reginæ Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, decimo. At the parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty fifth day of November, anno dom 1710. In the ninth year of the reign of our sovereign Lady Anne, ... And from thence continued by several prorogations, to the seventh day of December, 1711. being the second session of this present parliament.
Date: 1714
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The death of Lord Nelson below deck aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Drawing by A.W. Devis, 1807.
Arthur William DevisDate: 1807Reference: 544909i
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The case of the poor sailors of the English-Navy, in respect to their hospital at Greenwich : humble [sic] offered to the consideration of the Honourable House of Commons.
Date: [1705?]
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The death of Lord Nelson aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Coloured engraving by J. Heath, 1811, after B. West.
Benjamin WestDate: 1811Reference: 546004i
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Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.
George Murgatroyd WoodwardDate: 1812Reference: 532357i
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The Victorian sailor / David Marcombe.
Marcombe, DavidDate: [1985]
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A drunken party with sailors and their women drinking, smoking, and dancing wildly as a band plays. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.
George CruikshankDate: 1 October 1825Reference: 26925i
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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: 21026i
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Annual report / King George's Fund for Sailors.
King George's Fund for Sailors (Great Britain)Date: 1917-

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A letter to the commissioners for transports, and sick and wounded seamen, on the non-contagious nature of the yellow fever : and containing hints to officers, for the prevention of this disease among seamen / by James Veitch.

British prisoners of war posing for "The Timbertown Follies", at a prisoner of war camp in Groningen. Photographic postcard, 191-.

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.

Four sailors performing in the play 'The Great Casimir'. Photographic postcard, 1918.

Boys dressed as sailors in a line, varying in height. Colour process print, 191-.

The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by Taylor after R. Corbould.

U.S. Naval Asylum, Philadelphia. Lithograph by J.C. Wild.

British inventors, politicians and military men, gathered in a room at Buckingham Palace. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.

Whispers from Wendover ward / edited by "Staff".

Explorers: James Cook, Bougainville, Dumont d'Urville, and La Pérouse. Engraving.

Horatio Nelson, wounded in battle at Tenerife in 1797, is taken to safety by his concerned crew. Engraving by J. Neagle, 1809, after R. Westall.

An abstract of certain instructions given the Commissioners for taking care of the sick and wounded men, for the relief of widows, children and impotent parents of such as shall be slain in His Majesties service at sea.

Observations upon the bulam fever which has of late years prevailed in the West Indies, on the coast of America, at Gibraltar, Cadiz, and other parts of Spain : with a collection of facts proving it to be a highly contagious disease / by William Pym, Esq.

The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving, 1813.

Anno primo & secundo Georgii IV. Regis. Cap. XCVIII. An act to enable the commissioners or governors of Greenwich Hospital to continue to provide for the payment of out pensioners of the said hospital. [10th July 1821.].

The death of Lord Nelson below deck aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Drawing by A.W. Devis, 1807.

The case of the poor sailors of the English-Navy, in respect to their hospital at Greenwich : humble [sic] offered to the consideration of the Honourable House of Commons.

The death of Lord Nelson aboard HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Coloured engraving by J. Heath, 1811, after B. West.

Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.

The Victorian sailor / David Marcombe.

A drunken party with sailors and their women drinking, smoking, and dancing wildly as a band plays. Reproduction of an etching by C. H., c. 1825, after G. Cruikshank.

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

Annual report / King George's Fund for Sailors.