Rigging Collection (page 4)

Lowestoft harbour, Suffolk, 1909

The wreck of HMS Vanguard, 19th century. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume X, published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co. (London, Paris and New York, 19th century)

Yerba Buena (now San Francisco), California, 1837 (1937). Artist: Graham Baker
Yerba Buena (now San Francisco), California, 1837 (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

HMS Victory, Portsmouth, Hampshire, early 20th century. Artist: Wright & Logan
HMS Victory, Portsmouth, Hampshire, early 20th century. Victory was a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765

Bengal river, India, 1905-1906. Artist: FL Peters
Bengal river, India, 1905-1906

Chinese junk, 1922. Artist: BT Prideaux
Chinese junk, 1922. Illustration from Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume II, British Empire to Dahomey, edited by J A Hammerton, (Educational Book Co)

Jean Bart kills the Dutch captain of the Neptune, 1898. Artist: Jules-Achille Noel
Jean Bart kills the Dutch captain of the Neptune, 1898. A print from Les Francais Illustres, by Gustave Demoulin, Hachette, Paris, 1898

Chinese boat in a harbour, 20th century

On board the emigrant ship, 1871. From the The Graphic newspaper (2 December 1871). Hand coloured later

A first rate man-of-war, c18th century

Queen Elizabeth Knighting Drake on board the Golden Hind... April 4th 1581, (19th century). Artist: F Fraenkel
Queen Elizabeth Knighting Drake on board the Golden Hind at Deptford, April 4th 1581, (19th century). Queen Elizabeth I knights Francis Drake on his ship Golden Hind after his round-the-world voyage

Queen Victoria inspecting HMS Galatea, Osborne Bay, c1860s. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Vol III

The shooting of Admiral Byng on board the Monarque, 1757
The shooting of Admiral John Byng on board the Monarque, 1757. British admiral John John Byng (1704-1757) was shot to death on board the Monarque, at Spithead

Departure of Henry VIII from Dover, May 1520, (1902). From a painting attributed to E Volpe, in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court Palace

French royal warship of the 17th century, (c1880). Labelled diagram showing the different parts of the ship. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I

The Queens Visit to Cherbourg - Piping Hands to Man Yards, 1858. Royal visit to France by Queen Victoria. Illustration from the Illustrated London News, (7 August 1858)

Destruction of the Turkish fleet at Sinope, 1853, (1900). The port of Sinop on the Black Sea was attacked by Russia, precipitating the Crimean War

Preparing to start on a sledge trip in the Arctic, 1875. Artist: W Palmer
Preparing to start on a sledge trip in the Arctic, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, (29 May 1875)

People of Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
People of Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway

Boat passengers, Broek, Netherlands, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Boat passengers, Broek, Netherlands, 1898. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

Port Adelaide, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886)

The Hercules, (1885). A 58-cannon ship, from an original drawing by d Ozanne

The Expedition of the French and Genoese to Barbary, 15th Century. Artist: Master of the Harley Froissart
The Expedition of the French and Genoese to Barbary, 15th Century. Miniature colour print from The Chronicler of European Chivalry by GG Coulton, (London, 1930)

All Hands to the Pumps, 1888-1889, (1912). Artist: Henry Scott Tuke
All Hands to the Pumps, 1888-1889, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Christopher Columbus in chains on board the Gorda, 1490s, (c1872). Italian explorer Columbus (1451-1506) was sent back to Spain in chains aboard a ship called the Gorda

Six monthly inspection by Admiral Roustan on board the Borda, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd February 1902

HMS Victory at Portsmouth, 19th century. Nelsons ship Victory was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765

Le Havre, Normandy, northern France, 1879. Artist: C Laplante
Le Havre, Normandy, northern France, 1879. Sailing ships at the port of Le Havre

Model boat with rigging, tomb of Tutankhamun, 14th century BC. From the Treasure of Tutankhamun (ruled 1333-1323 BC), discovered in the pharaohs tomb and today kept at the Cairo Museum, Egypt

Seizure of the Dutch Fleet by the troops of Pichegru, January, 1795, (19th century). General Jean Pichegru (1761-1804) seizing the Dutch Fleet with calvary after their vessels became ice locked

Loading bales of cotton for export, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Wood engraving c1870

Our next Ambassador to Naples. 1858. A British sailor holding the fuse of a loaded and aimed cannon. The reference is to an ongoing dispute between the British and Neapolitan governments

Dutch Ship, 2nd month, 1861. Creator: Utagawa Yoshitomi
Dutch Ship, 2nd month, 1861

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