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Ocean

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  • Vishnu resting on the ocean accompanied by Lakshmi, Tumbara, Hanuman, Narada, Garuda and Brahma sitting on a lotus. Chromolithograph.
  • Grace Darling rowing out to sea in a furious storm. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after C.J. Staniland.
  • The Baths, Gravesend, Kent: public beach. Line engraving by H. Adlard, 1828, after G. Shepherd.
  • General Sea Bathing Infirmary, Margate, Kent: with floor plans and key. Line engraving by Darton & Harvey.
  • A sailor surviving in a large empty box of James Morison's pills, after being shipwrecked. Coloured lithograph.
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Catalogue

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    Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

    | Date: 20 June 1820 | Reference: 22805i
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    The sea around us / Rachel L. Carson.

    Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. | Date: 1953
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    Crimean War: panoramic view of the Barrack Hospital, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Whitehead after R.P. Leit.

    Leit, R. P. | Reference: 21287i
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    Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

    West, Benjamin, 1738-1820. | Date: 1 January 1791 | Reference: 23963i
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    Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

    R., T., active 1878. | Date: 10 February 1883 | Reference: 17940i
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