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European Ships in a Japanese Harbour, c1860. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]
Capture of the Spanish slave vessel Dolores by HM brig Ferret, 4 April 1816, 1816. Artist: William John HugginsCapture of the Spanish slave vessel Dolores by HM brig Ferret, Captain James Stirling, 4 April 1816, 1816. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]
Smugglers, c1785. Artist: Catherine Brass YatesSmugglers, c1785. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]
The Shipwreck, c1805. Artist: JMW TurnerThe Shipwreck, 1805. Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]
Smugglers on the Irish Coast, 1808. Artist: Julius Caesar IbbetsonSmugglers on the Irish Coast, 1808. Painting held at The Tate, London. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]
An American privateer schooner and other vessels near a harbour, c1815. Artist: Charles Burton BarberAn American privateer schooner and other vessels near a harbour, c1815. Painting held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock
Pirates Decoying an American Ship, c1880Pirates Decoying an American Ship, 1925. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]
A Pirate hanged at Execution Dock, c1795. Artist: Robert DoddA Pirate hanged at Execution Dock, c1795. Situated on the bank of the Thames at Wapping, London, Execution Dock was a place of execution for pirates
Ships Attacked by Pirates, c1808. Lieutenant Turner and the crew of a boat from the country-ship Tay attacked and made prisoners by the Ladrone pirates in 1806
The Nancy Packet, 1784. Artist: James GillrayThe Nancy Packet, 1784. The wreck of the Nancy, an East India Company ship, in a storm off the Scilly Isles in 1784. One of the passengers killed in the disaster was the celebrated opera singer Ann
La Piemontaise capturing the Warren Hastings c1806. Artist: Robert DoddLa Piemontaise capturing the Warren Hastings c1806. The Warren Hastings was an East Indiaman captured after a battle with the French frigate La Piemontaise, under the command of Jacques Epron
Calcutta, 1788. Artist: Thomas DaniellCalcutta, 1788. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]
Sixteenth Century Ship, 1925. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]
A View of Botany Bay, 1789. Artist: Robert ClevelyA View of Botany Bay, 1789. The Supply and Sirius bringing in the first convict transports into Botany Bay, New South Wales, in 1787. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock
South Sea Whale Fishery, 1825. Artist: Thomas SutherlandSouth Sea Whale Fishery, 1825. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]
The ships of Lord Mulgraves expedition of discovery embedded in ice in the Polar Regions, 1774. HMS Racehorse and Carcass sailed from the Nore on the sandbank of the Thames Estuary
Northern Whale Fishery, c1829. Artist: Edward DuncanNorthern Whale Fishery, c1829. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]
Wreck of the Lady Hobart, 1803, 1925. The Lady Hobart was a Post Office packet which sank after striking an iceberg en route to England from Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Burning of the Ocean Monarch, c1848. Artist: Francois d Orleans, Prince de JoinvilleThe Burning of the Ocean Monarch, c1848. The Ocean Monarch set sail from Liverpool bound for Boston on 24 August 1848, carrying passengers
Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces, c1819. Artist: JMW TurnerEntrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces, c1819. Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd
Interviewed in camera: Film Producer Basil Dean reveals Star Booths Gin In Your Cocktails And You ll Always Produce A Success, c1935 (1935)
Basil Zottu (1853-1916), Romanian politician and general, 1917. From Wills Cigarettes Allied Army Leaders cigarette card series, 1917
Isabella or The Pot of Basil, 1902-1903. Artist: John J AlexanderIsabella or The Pot of Basil, 1902-1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1902-1903, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 8, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London)
Ferdinand and Miranda, c1900. Artist: J Caswall SmithFerdinand and Miranda, c1900. Basil Gill as Ferdinand and Nora Kerin as Miranda in Shakespeares The Tempest
Basil Rathbone, (1892-1967), English actor, 20th century. Rathbone is most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and swashbuckler film villain roles
Isabella and the Pot of Basil, c1867. Artist: William Holman HuntIsabella and the Pot of Basil, c1867. Scene inspired by The Decameron by the Italian Renaissance poet Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). Isabellas brothers murder her lover Lorenzo
The Hermetic Vessel, c1760. A hermetic vessel in the alchemical furnace. The serpent within the vase symbolises the earthy substances of which the Philosophers Stone is made
A byzantine mosaic of St Basil, 11th centuryA byzantine mosaic of St Basil, in the Katholikon in Osios Loukas Monastery, 11th century
A mosaic showing the Fathers of the Church, 12th centuryA mosaic showing the Fathers of the Church with St Basil in the centre, in the Capella Palatina in Palermo, 12th century
Mosaic of Byzantine fathers of the church, in the apse of the Patecclesion in the Church of St Saviour in Chora, Istanbul
The Eleventh Key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk and alchemist, 1651The eleventh key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk and alchemist, 1651. Symbolising multiplication, two lions represent sulphur consumed by mercury being transformed
The Sixth Key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk and alchemist, 1651. The marriage of the alchemical king (gold) and queen (silver)
Symbols of the synthesis of the Great Work, 1678. 4 sides=4 elements. 3 serpents=tria prima (sulphur, salt, mercury). 2 circles=masculine and feminine properties
The Eighth Key of Basil Valentine, legendary 15th century German monk, 1651. Symbolising the purification of metals through death and resurrection
St Basil the Great. Regarded as one of the greatest Greek fathers of the Christian church, St Basil the Great (c329-379) was Bishop of Caesarea from 370
St Basil the Great and St Maximus the Confessor and Monk, Greek theologians, (c1820-c1830)St Basil the Great (c329-c379) one of the great Greek fathers of the church and St Maximus the Confessor and Monk (c580-c662), Greek theologian, located in Russia
Basil (Basilius), Grand Duke of Russia, 1547. Creator: Augustin HirschvogelBasil (Basilius), Grand Duke of Russia, 1547