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Maritime Locations in Spreading Canvas

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Remi Parr after Peter Monamy, *The Taking of Porto Bello by Vice Admiral Vernon on the 22nd of Novr. 1739 with Six Men-of-War only*, 1743 (early 19th-century restrike), hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Remi Parr, after Peter Monamy, The Taking of Porto Bello by Vice Admiral Vernon on the 22nd of Novr. 1739 with Six Men-of-War only
Samuel Scott, *Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre*, 1749, oil on canvas
Samuel Scott, Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre
Peter Monamy, *Winstanley's Lighthouse*, ca. 1725, oil on canvas
Peter Monamy, Winstanley's Lighthouse
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and John Cleveley the Elder, *Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard, near Plymouth*, 1756, line engraving on paper
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and John Cleveley the Elder, Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard, near Plymouth
John Thomas Serres, *The Bolt Head, West North West (one of five drawings on one mount)*, undated, 	watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
John Thomas Serres, The Bolt Head, West North West (one of five drawings on one mount)
John Thomas Serres, *View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping*, ca. 1799, watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
John Thomas Serres, View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping
Samuel Scott, *A Wood Yard on the Thames at Nine Elms*, ca. 1750, watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink
Samuel Scott, A Wood Yard on the Thames at Nine Elms
John Thomas Serres, *The Start Point, North East by North (one of five drawings on one mount)*, undated, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
John Thomas Serres, The Start Point, North East by North (one of five drawings on one mount)
Nicholas Pocock, *The River Avon: with Passing Vessels*, 1785, watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Nicholas Pocock, The River Avon: with Passing Vessels
John Thomas Serres, *Dunmose, West by North (one of five drawings on one mount)*, undated, watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
John Thomas Serres, Dunmose, West by North (one of five drawings on one mount)
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and (?)John Cleveley the Elder, *A Geometrical Plan, & West Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard, near Portsmouth, with Part of the Common, &c.*, 1754, line engraving on paper
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and (?)John Cleveley the Elder, A Geometrical Plan, & West Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard, near Portsmouth, with Part of the Common, &c.
Charles Brooking, *Shipping in the English Channel*, ca. 1755, oil on canvas
Charles Brooking, Shipping in the English Channel
William Anderson, *A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot*, 1797, watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
William Anderson, A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot
Samuel Scott, *The Building of Westminster Bridge*, ca. 1742, oil on canvas
Samuel Scott, The Building of Westminster Bridge
Samuel Scott, *Westminster Bridge*, 1749, gray wash, graphite and pen and black ink on paper
Samuel Scott, Westminster Bridge
Samuel Scott, *The Thames with Montagu House and Westminster Bridge*, ca. 1750, watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink and gouache on paper
Samuel Scott, The Thames with Montagu House and Westminster Bridge
Samuel Scott, *A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday*, 1771, oil on canvas
Samuel Scott, A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday
William Anderson, *Hussars Embarking at Deptford*, 1793, oil on canvas
William Anderson, Hussars Embarking at Deptford
John Cleveley the elder, *Launching at Deptford*, ca. 1757, oil on canvas
John Cleveley the Elder, Launching at Deptford
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and (?)John Cleveley the Elder, *A Geometrical Plan, & North East Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard, at Deptford, with Part of the Town, &c.*, 1755, engraving
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and (?)John Cleveley the Elder, A Geometrical Plan, & North East Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard, at Deptford, with Part of the Town, &c.
*Interior of the Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital* in *The Penny Magazine for the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge*, January 6, 1838
Unknown maker, Interior of the Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital
John Scarlett Davis, *Interior of the Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital*, 1830, oil on canvas
John Scarlett Davis, Interior of the Painted Hall, Greenwich Hospital
Jan Vorsterman, *Greenwich, with London in the Distance*, ca. 1680, oil on canvas
Jan Vorsterman, Greenwich, with London in the distance
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and (?)John Cleveley the Elder, *A Geometrical Plan, & North Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard, at Woolwich, with Part of the Town, &c.*, 1753, engraving
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and (?)John Cleveley the Elder, A Geometrical Plan, & North Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard, at Woolwich, with Part of the Town, &c.
Ebenezer Forrest, "Upnor Castle" in *An Account of What Seemed Most Remarkable in the Five Days' Peregrination of ... Messieurs Tothall, Scott, Hogarth, Thornhill, and Forrest* (London: Printed for R. Livesay, 1782), f. 13
Ebenezer Forrest, An Account of What Seemed Most Remarkable in the Five Days' Peregrination of ... Messieurs Tothall, Scott, Hogarth, Thornhill, and Forrest
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and John Cleveley the Elder, *A Geometrical Plan, & North West Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard, at Chatham, with ye Village of Brompton Adjacent*, 1755, line engraving on laid paper
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and John Cleveley the Elder, A Geometrical Plan, & North West Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard, at Chatham, with ye Village of Brompton Adjacent
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and John Cleveley the Elder, *A Geometrical Plan, & West Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard and Garrison, at Sheerness, with the Ordnance Wharfe, &c.*, 1755, line engraving on paper
Pierre-Charles Canot after Thomas Milton and John Cleveley the Elder, A Geometrical Plan, & West Elevation of His Majesty’s Dock-Yard and Garrison, at Sheerness, with the Ordnance Wharfe, &c.
Thomas Luny, *A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland*, 1780, oil on canvas
Thomas Luny, A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland
John Thomas Serres, *Dover Castle, North East, 1/2 North (one of five drawings on one mount)*, undated, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
John Thomas Serres, Dover Castle, North East, 1/2 North (one of five drawings on one mount)
John Cleveley the younger, *An English Frigate and Other Shipping in the Solent off Calshot Castle*, undated, watercolor and pen and gray ink
John Cleveley the younger, An English Frigate and Other Shipping in the Solent off Calshot Castle
Francis Holman, *The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk*, ca. 1775, oil on canvas
Francis Holman, The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
John Thomas Serres, *Port Mahon, Minorca, with British Men-of-War at Anchor*, ca. 1795, oil on canvas
John Thomas Serres, Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor
Gerard van der Gucht after Samuel Scott, after George Lambert, *Tellicherry*, 1736, colored line engraving
Gerard van der Gucht after Samuel Scott, after George Lambert, Tellicherry
Gerard van der Gucht after Samuel Scott and George Lambert, *Fort St. George*, 1736, colored line engraving
Gerard van der Gucht after Samuel Scott, Fort St. George
Dominic Serres, *The Capture of Chandernagore*, 1771, oil on canvas
Dominic Serres, The Capture of Chandernagore, March 1757
Gerard van der Gucht after Samuel Scott, *The Cape of Good Hope*, 1736, colored line engraving
Gerard van der Gucht after Samuel Scott, The Cape of Good Hope
Henry William Parish, "Madiera, South East Extremity, 10 October" in *Sketches by Captain Parish on the Voyage from England to China in 1793-4 [sic] with Lord Macartney's Embassy*, 1792, watercolor and graphite on paper
Henry William Parish, Sketches by Captain Parish on the Voyage from England to China in 1793-4 [sic] with Lord Macartney's Embassy