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Sailors preparing for a concert party performance. Coloured process print after H. Gervise, 191-.
Gervise, H.Date: [between 1910 and 1919]Reference: 2059444i
Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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A man wearing a sailor's costume blows a condom up into a balloon with his trousers down next to another man wearing a leather waist coat and hat; a condom dispensing machine sits on the wall to the left; with the message: "Act now!"; an advertisement for World AIDS Day, 1 December 1993 by ARIS (Association of gays and lesbians in Lyon). Lithograph by Félix [?].
Date: 1993Reference: 672504i
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The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by G. Clint after S. Drummond, 1807.
Drummond, Samuel, 1763?-1844.Date: Feb'y 9th 1807Reference: 548035i
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Anno decimo Georgii IV. Regis. Cap. XXVI. An act for transferring the management of Greenwich out-pensions, and certain duties in matters of prize, to the Treasurer of the Navy. [1st June 1829.].
Date: 1829
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A sailor surviving in a large empty box of James Morison's pills, after being shipwrecked. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 11856i
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Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: 1 January 1791Reference: 23504i
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Three men (sailors?) sit at a table smoking pipes and drinking. Lithograph, early 19th century.
Reference: 25002i
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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 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.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811Date: 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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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 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 Brothers Ltd.Date: [between 1900 and 1909]
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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.
Devis, Arthur William, 1762-1822.Date: 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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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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Sailors preparing for a concert party performance. Coloured process print after H. Gervise, 191-.

The wounding of Lord Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory at the battle of Trafalgar. Engraving by G. Clint after S. Drummond, 1807.

Anno decimo Georgii IV. Regis. Cap. XXVI. An act for transferring the management of Greenwich out-pensions, and certain duties in matters of prize, to the Treasurer of the Navy. [1st June 1829.].

A sailor surviving in a large empty box of James Morison's pills, after being shipwrecked. Coloured lithograph.

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

Three men (sailors?) sit at a table smoking pipes and drinking. Lithograph, early 19th century.

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 ...

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.

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.