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  • William Hogarth embarking on a boat in the Thames near Sheerness, accompanied by four friends. Etching by R. Livesay after S. Scott and W. Hogarth.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, from the Isle of Dogs, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground. Engraving by T. Higham, 1843, after G. Moore.
  • Mount Vesuvius at night, showing an eruption of smoke fire and lava at its base, with boats on the Bay of Naples in the foreground.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich: ships and rowing boats in the foreground, many small houses either side. Coloured engraving by St. Torres, 1745, after T. Bonsot.
  • A prison ship in the River Thames at Deptford: rowing boats convey prisoners between land and the ship. Engraving by George Cooke after Samuel Prout.
  • Sailing ships at sea, turnip-like plants found in northern Russia and the Samoyed people with their tents and boats, in separate plates. Engraving after C. de Bruin, 1701.
  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a sailing boat, and spectators on the opposite shore. Gouache, 1828.
  • The Tigris river, Iraq: cattle being transported on a barge up river from Amara; boats and houses along the bank in the background. Photograph, 1914/1918 (?).
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, a windy day, a rough tide running. Engraving by R. Wallis after S. Owen.
  • A fisherman stands on the shore with his boat behind him, a basket across his shoulders and a tray of fish in his hand. Coloured lithograph.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, a windy day, a rough tide running. Photomechanical reproduction by Dawsons after H. Dawson.
  • A man and a boy with bare torso in a rowing boat grounded on a beach: the man is demonstrating artificial resuscitation on the boy. Photograph.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships, rowing boats and a couple walking on the shore in the foreground. Engraving by W. Walker and J. Walker, 1792, after F. Nicholson.
  • A seated female nude figure and a male nude figure punting in a boat. Crayon manner print by J.B. Lucien, 1798, after P.T. Le Clerc.
  • Matavai Bay, Tahiti and some of its inhabitants on board boats, encountered on Captain Cook's second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Watts, 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, from down river, with a multitude of ships and rowing boats on the right. Engraving by G. Cooke, after A. W. Callcott, 1827.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, viewed from the Isle of Dogs. Engraving by A. Warren, 1805, after R. B. Schnebbelie.
  • Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round circular images of the Antarctic Ocean with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing by E. Wilson?, c.1844.
  • Temple of Aesculapius (in ruins), Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: the boat-shaped exterior with visible carved serpent and defaced head of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1929.
  • Temple of Aesculapius (in ruins), Isola Tiberina, Rome, Italy: the boat-shaped exterior with visible carved serpent and defaced head of Aesculapius. Photograph by Peter Johnston-Saint, 1929.
  • Mount Vesuvius in eruption at night, showing the Bay of Naples in the foreground with a sailing boat, and spectators on the opposite shore. Painting in gouache, 1829.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, from the Isle of Dogs, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, viewed from a distance up river. Engraving by J. McGahey.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, seen from down river, with ships and rowing boats in the right foreground, houses in the distance. Engraving by J. Boydell after himself, 1751.
  • Men are working on the side of a wooden boat; anchors, a buoy and anchoring rope are lying around. Aquatint with etching by W.H. Pyne after himself.
  • Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, seen from down river, with ships and rowing boats in the right foreground, houses in the distance. Engraving by J. Boydell after himself, 1751.
  • Fisherman are on the sea shore with the boat from which they have unloaded their catch and they are selling the fish to other traders. Colour lithograph by Gatti and Dura.
  • Men working in lime kilns: some are loading a boat, others are firing the kilns, and donkeys carry away loaded panniers. Aquatint with etching by W.H. Pyne, 1804.
  • Six men row a long boat with a domed canopy, shaped as a peacock in the front and a dragon's mouth at the back. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • Four men row a long boat with a domed canopy, shaped as two horses in the front and a dragon's mouth at the back. Watercolour by an Indian artist.
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: viewed from the Surrey bank with boats on the river and three loungers on the near bank. Engraving by J.T. Smith [?] after himself.