EditorialStadtholder's chair and footstool Stadholder's chair Stadholder's chair and footstool, Stadholder's chair made of elm wood, gilt and upholstered. The furniture rests on S-shaped legs with lion claws. The armrests are S-shaped and end in a volute. The b...
EditorialPrince Regents Bay. A Voyage of Discovery, made under the orders of th. J. Murray: London, 1819. First communication with the Natives of Prince Regents Bay, as drawn by Iohn Sackheouse and presented to Capt. Ross, Augt.10. 1818'. Image taken from A Vo...
EditorialHM.S. Enchantress H.M.S. Fire Queen Admiralty Yacht H.M.S Orontes answering Signals from the Flag Ship, ENGRAVING 1879, FUNERAL OF THE LATE PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.
EditorialA survey of Lake Superior. A Track Survey of the River Saint Louis. Survey of Lake Superior. Track Survey of the River Saint Louis, etc. [Admiralty Chart]. 1828. Source: Maps SEC.7.(320.). Language: English.
EditorialA view of the Admiralty Office, Whitehall . A perspective View of the Admiralty Office, the new Buildings for the Horse Guards, Whitehall. 1753. Source: Maps K.Top.25.1.b. Language: English and French.
EditorialModel of a 24-Pounder Howitzer on a Ship's Carriage, Model of a 24-pound howitzer on a horse. The howitzer is 19.6 cm long and has a caliber of 33 mm. The inscriptions are engraved on the barrel, along with crossed anchors and palm branches. The barrel...
EditorialFuneral procession of the late Lord Viscount Nelson from the Admiralty to St. Paul's, London on the 9th January 1806. Funeral Procession of Lord Nelson from the Admiralty to St. Paul’s, on the 9th of Jan. 1806. London, 1806. Source: Maps.K.Top.23.35.s.
EditorialArtist Rachel Whiteread unveils her work Untitled (Bubble) for the Government Art Collection as she is announced winner of the Robson Orr TenTen Award 2022 at Old Admiralty Building, London. Picture date: Friday October 6, 2022.
EditorialThe royal procession passes through Admiralty Arch en route to Westminster Abbey in London for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth on June 2, 1953. (The New York Times)
EditorialDeath of Nelson dispatch. The Times. London, November 7, 1805. Report of dispatches received at the Admiralty office from Vice-Admiral Collingwood describing the death of Vice-Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar. Image taken from ...
EditorialStudy for Board Room of the Admiralty, from Microcosm of London. Augustus Charles Pugin (English, born France, 1762-1832); Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827). Date: 1807-1808. Dimensions: 201 ? 256 mm. Graphite on cream wove paper. Origin: England.
EditorialMeeting of the Lords of the Admiralty in the Board Room, Admiralty. Steel engraving by Henry Melville after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from London Interiors, Their Costumes and Ceremonies, Joshua Mead, London, 1841.
EditorialNatives of the Admiralty Islands fishing and sailing, Papua New Guinea. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialArctic highlander. Ervick, a native of Prince Regents Bay. Lat.76.12 N. Long. 65.W . A Voyage of Discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in his Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and enquiring i...
EditorialA view of the Admiralty Office, Whitehall . A perspective View of the Admiralty Office, the new Buildings for the Horse Guards, Whitehall. 1753. Source: Maps K.Top.25.1.b. Language: English and French.
EditorialA map of the present Seat of War, between the Russians, Poles and Turks . To His Excellency the Count of Czernichen Commander in Chief of her Majesty the Empress of all the RUSSIAS Fleet and Gallies Lieutenant General of her Armies, one of the Lords of...
Editorial'Ann Bonny and Mary Read convicted of piracy Nov. 28th 1720 at a court of vice admiralty held at St. Jago de la Vega in ye island of Jamaica'. A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, and also their policies, discip...
EditorialA carving knife of New Zealand, with the teeth of the tuatini shark inset. This knife was collected by someone on the Adventure, during Captain Cook's Second Voyage, 1772-1775, and delivered to the Admiralty by Captain Tobias Furneaux. It was given to ...