A naval ship ca.1850

The following text is taken from the folder with a ship portrait, see above: The bitter end! The steam cone “Annona” was built in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1884 and was 165 1/10 feet l...

In December 1890Winslow Homer wrote to his brother Charles, “I have got a fine picture called The Distress Signal a scene in mid ocean.” The painter was referring to the work in th...

“The Core,” Captain P. Nordfeldt The ship was about approx. 300 tonnes and built in 1879 on the Swedish Royal Bank Steamship commander C. Sylván was a disponent at the Helsborg shi...

The item is a proof plate from the Journal of the British Archaeological Association (see Bibliography), illustrating objects described at meetiings in 1850.The objects illustrated...

The ship of the dead called wuramon was used at the end of the initiation ritual, when the initiates crossed it. The crew of the ship is the spirits of the ancestors. At the end of...

Copper plug of Sutherland, Thomas (1785-1838) copper sticks after a painting of Whitcombe, Thomas (1763-1824) naval painter. Published for “Naval Achievements” by Jenkins, J. SKAN:...

America's new 'skyscraper' Embassy in London. The Naval Attache. _x000D_ In one of London's most magnificent squares, not far from Buckingham Palace, a modern building has replaced...