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  • St Francis Bay, South Africa: part of the Gamtoos River and a boat. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, seen from the Isle of Dogs. Coloured aquatint, 1799.
  • Algoa Bay, South Africa: a bay with pier and boats in a gale. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with houses either side, ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles, 1745.
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea; and the Rotunda at Ranelagh: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Coloured engraving.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: a Naval Review in progress with ships of the line, and rowing boats in the foreground. Lithograph.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with houses either side, ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Coloured engraving by T. Bowles, 1745.
  • Slave traders on an African coast enslave some of its inhabitants: a man is taken by two slave traders to their boat, while his wife and child is taken by a different slave trader to another boat. Coloured stipple engraving by Citoyenne Rollet after George Morland.
  • A man wearing a costume and a mask and holding a sail is riding in a boat with wheels and chains attached to it. Lithograph.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with a ship and rowing boats in the foreground. Engraving by T. Simpson, 1766, after S. Wale, 1753.
  • A sailor stands on the shore, his boat is behind him and he is carrying a casket in one hand. Coloured lithograph.
  • A child buys eels from a woman with a basket, and three small boys are in a fishing boat with nets. Etching.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: the Festival Hall with gondolas and a swan-boat on the Grand Basin. Photograph, 1904.
  • The island of Huahine, with Captain Cook's ships and local boats in the bay. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • The prodigal son returns home by boat to a large party. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after C.J. Vernet and J.C. Tardieu.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, small houses either side. Engraving by J. Boydell after himself, 1753.
  • Men swimming and boating in a river; in the foreground a group of men dry themselves and relax on the river bank. Engraving by Perelle, 16--.
  • Men swimming and boating in a river; in the foreground a group of men dry themselves and relax on the river bank. Engraving by Perelle, 16--.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, a ceremony in progress. Engraving by F. J. Havell after himself, and W. Havell.
  • A flying boat devised by Franciscus Lana, with sails and balloons attached to it, and with three men as passengers. Engraving after J.C. Sturm, 1789.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats, including the paddle steamer "Diamond" heading downriver, in the foreground. Engraving by J. Watkins, 1843.
  • An eruption of Mount Vesuvius at night; boat and two men in the foreground. Coloured aquatint by J.W. Edy after J. More, 1800.
  • Resolution Bay in the Marquesas Islands: canoes and a sailing boat in the harbour. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1777, after W. Hodges, 1773.
  • Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round images of the Antarctic Sea with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing, c.1844.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • Electrical instruments exhibited at the 1881 Paris Electrical Exhibition; including a tramway, an electric boat and an electric chair. Wood engraving by A. Marie, 1881.
  • A sailor saving a large lady and a slim gentleman from drowning by pulling the lady into the boat by hooking up her dress. Lithograph.
  • Boats: some being loaded, some repaired, others sail loaded with logs and different cargo. Etching by W.H. Pyne after himself, aquatinted by I. Hill.