Shipping Collection (#8)

The SS Great Britain, I.K. Brunel's great steamship, laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cablef1865-1866
2602915 The SS Great Britain, I.K. Brunel's great steamship, laying the Atlantic Telegraph Cablef1865-1866. Engraving, London, 1880.; (add.info.: The SS Great Britain, I.K)

Paddle steamer at the bottom of a cotton shoot
2602573 Paddle steamer at the bottom of a cotton shoot; (add.info.: Paddle steamer at the bottom of a cotton shoot being loaded with bales, Alabama River, USA)

The Great eastern steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1866
3478946 The Great eastern steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1866; (add.info.: The Great eastern steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable)

A standard 19th century French navigational Sextant
5309959 A standard 19th century French navigational Sextant; (add.info.: Drawing of a standard 19th century French navigational Sextant. 1874.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Poster advertising travel by the shipping company Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, c.1930 (colour lithograph)
1197895 Poster advertising travel by the shipping company Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, c.1930 (colour lithograph) by Sebille

SS Great Eastern, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great steam ship, launched from John Scott Russell's yard
530729 SS Great Eastern, Isambard Kingdom Brunel's great steam ship, launched from John Scott Russell's yard on the Thames in 1858

Manchester Ship Canal - Mount Manisty
864154 Manchester Ship Canal - Mount Manisty; (add.info.: View on the Manchester Ship Canal - Mount Manisty. Mount Manisty was created from the spoil excavated during the construction of the canal)

Ready for sea, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404018 Ready for sea, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

The Red Sormovo Dockyard, c.1920 (colour litho)
STC444514 The Red Sormovo Dockyard, c.1920 (colour litho) by Kotov, Pyotr Ivanovich (1889-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Painted for the Socialist Industry Exhibition in Moscow)

In the engine shop, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404009 In the engine shop, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Shipyard seen from Big Crane, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404006 Shipyard seen from Big Crane, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone

Sir Samuel Cunard
5306999 Sir Samuel Cunard; (add.info.: Sir Samuel Cunard. 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 - 28 April 1865) was a Canadian shipping magnate. born in Halifax. Nova Scotia

Diagram showing The magnetic force of the Earth
5309964 Diagram showing The magnetic force of the Earth; (add.info.: Diagram showing The magnetic force of the Earth, operating along an infinity of curves starting from every point of the equator)

Panama Canal workers under the English - English paying native workers constructing the Panama Canal, 1880s
NWI4760119 Panama Canal workers under the English - English paying native workers constructing the Panama Canal, 1880s.; (add.info)

London docks mid 19th century (engraving)
6117993 London docks mid 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: View of the London docks in the mid 19th century. From Monuments Anciens et Modernes by Jules Gailhabaud)

The Great eastern steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1866
3478947 The Great eastern steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1866; (add.info.: The Great eastern steamship used to lift the Atlantic telegraph cable)

Palermo (pencil & w/c on paper)
1213964 Palermo (pencil & w/c on paper) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); 37.0x25.4 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

Mountains of Epirus, as seen from sea nearly opposite to Parga. 1829 (engraving)
937985 Mountains of Epirus, as seen from sea nearly opposite to Parga. 1829 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: drawn by H.W.Williams and engraved by J.Horsburgh)

The attack on Cadiz (line etching)
1579698 The attack on Cadiz (line etching); (add.info.: Line engraving of the attack on Cadiz. The troops being landed and the shipping attacked in the harbour)

World War I: American eagle swooping to guard the Atlantic, 1917 Engraving
530741 World War I: American eagle swooping to guard the Atlantic, 1917 Engraving; (add.info.: Cartoon by L. Ravenhill from Punch, London, 18 April, 1917)

Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steam ship Great Eastern showing housing for paddle wheel, and sails
530727 Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steam ship Great Eastern showing housing for paddle wheel, and sails. Print published London 1857. ; Universal History Archive/UIG

Torsten Nordenfeldt's steam-powered submarine being demonstrated to the Prince of Wales
530632 Torsten Nordenfeldt's steam-powered submarine being demonstrated to the Prince of Wales and the Danish royal family. 3. Nordenfeldt: 4. Captain Garret: 5

National Line's SS Egypt under sail and steam, flying Red Ensign. Launched at Liverpool, England, 1871
528390 National Line's SS Egypt under sail and steam, flying Red Ensign. Launched at Liverpool, England, 1871, one of her routes was Liverpool/New York. Currier & Ives print c1879

The Great Western, right, and the RMS Campania, left, in the 19th century
3083204 The Great Western, right, and the RMS Campania, left, in the 19th century.; Private Collection; (add.info.: From The Century Edition of Cassell's History of England, published c. 1900)

Poster advertising the Le Havre-Plymouth-New York route by the shipping company Companie Generale Transatlantigue
1769939 Poster advertising the Le Havre-Plymouth-New York route by the shipping company Companie Generale Transatlantigue, known as the French Line (colour lithograph) by Sebille

Havana harbor, Havana, Cuba, 1884 (engraving)
6116611 Havana harbor, Havana, Cuba, 1884 (engraving); (add.info.: Havana harbor, port of Havana, Cuba, seen here in the 19th century)

A standard 18th century English navigational magnetic compass
5309961 A standard 18th century English navigational magnetic compass; (add.info.: Drawing of a standard 18th century English navigational magnetic compass. 1747.); Universal History Archive/UIG

City of New York, c1856. Bird's-eye view with Battery Park in the foreground and Brooklyn Heights, lower right
528666 City of New York, c1856. Bird's-eye view with Battery Park in the foreground and Brooklyn Heights, lower right. Currier & Ives print

Scene on the Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1828 (engraving)
538579 Scene on the Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1828 (engraving); (add.info.: Scene on the Aire and Calder Navigation, Leeds, Yorkshire showing shipping)

The workshop, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404014 The workshop, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

On the stocks, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404011 On the stocks, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

The Seven Cranes, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404007 The Seven Cranes, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

On the deck of a big ship, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404003 On the deck of a big ship, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

Woodcut showing a view of a fortified city, with a small sailing vessel drawing up to a jetty to discharge its cargo
5311175 Woodcut showing a view of a fortified city, with a small sailing vessel drawing up to a jetty to discharge its cargo

A cotton shoot on the Mississippi
2602547 A cotton shoot on the Mississippi; (add.info.: A cotton shoot on the Mississippi, USA, with paddle steamer being loaded with bales at the quay)

Boats being man-handled round obstacles
2602593 Boats being man-handled round obstacles; (add.info.: Boats being man-handled round obstacles during Henry Morton Stanley's exploration of the Congo on his trans-African journey of)

Sir Samuel Cunard
3118254 Sir Samuel Cunard; (add.info.: Portrait of Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (1787-1865) a British shipping magnate. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

The rise of steam ships, 1847
3478568 The rise of steam ships, 1847; (add.info.: Punch illustration On the rise of steam ships, 1847.); Universal History Archive/UIG

French navy minister making a dive in the submarine Korrigan to examine wreck of her sister ship Lutin'
530659 French navy minister making a dive in the submarine Korrigan to examine wreck of her sister ship Lutin'. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1906.; Universal History Archive/UIG

French naval exercises: Submarine Dorade surfacing to tell an ironclad that it has been sunk'
530657 French naval exercises: Submarine Dorade surfacing to tell an ironclad that it has been sunk'. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1908. ; Universal History Archive/UIG

Building a standard ship, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404013 Building a standard ship, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

A fitting-out basin, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404010 A fitting-out basin, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Building a liner, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404004 Building a liner, illustration from The Western Front, pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection

Loading bales of cotton for export, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Wood engraving c1870
530415 Loading bales of cotton for export, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Wood engraving c1870; Universal History Archive/UIG

The Russian icebreaker Yermak at work in a frozen sea
545248 The Russian icebreaker Yermak at work in a frozen sea.; (add.info.: From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 11 May 1902.); Universal History Archive/UIG

New York Harbour brought to a standstill by ice, 1901 (print)
545245 New York Harbour brought to a standstill by ice, 1901 (print); (add.info.: From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 4 March 1901.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Viking ship with dragon prow carrying warriors to attack second vessel on right
534558 Viking ship with dragon prow carrying warriors to attack second vessel on right. 14th century (painting in Danish church); Universal History Archive/UIG

Rochester and River Medway
864153 Rochester and River Medway; (add.info.: Rochester, Kent, England, situated on the River Medway. Viewed from across the river on which are sailing barges are the 12th century castle)

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