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1. The clipper Cutty Sark.
*The clipper Cutty Sark. A painting of the 'Cutty Sark', the most famous - and the last survivor - of the tea-clippers. These were vessels built to carry the annual tea crop...
2. The East Indiaman Princess Royal (1769).
*The East Indiaman Princess Royal (1769). In 1770-71 and 1772-74, the 499-ton 'Princess Royal' undertook two voyages from Blackwall to China for the East India Company. The owner or...
3. The Money brothers.
*The Money brothers. This painting is a group portrait of three sons of William Money, a Director of the East India Company. The central figure, William Taylor, is shown...
4. The wreck of the East Indiaman Dutton at Plymouth Sound, 26 January 1796.
*The wreck of the East Indiaman Dutton at Plymouth Sound, 26 January 1796. The East Indiaman 'Dutton', 755 tons, was built at Blackwall on the Thames in 1781. The vessel immediately entered service with the East India...
5. The Blackwall frigate Owen Glendower at anchor off a coastline.
*The Blackwall frigate Owen Glendower at anchor off a coastline. The 'Owen Glendower' was built at Blackwall, and was one of a series of armed East Indiamen which were known as 'Blackwall frigates'. They were...
6. A beached collier unloading into carts.
*A beached collier unloading into carts. London depended on the east-coast coal trade. This oil painting depicts a collier brig lying close to the shore. Coal can be seen sliding down the...
7. Blackwall Yard from the Thames, by Francis Holman.
*Blackwall Yard from the Thames, by Francis Holman. Blackwall was an important shipbuilding centre, specialising in the construction of naval vessels and armed merchantmen for the East India Company...
8. Deptford Dockyard, by Joseph Farrington.
*Deptford Dockyard, by Joseph Farrington. Farrington was commissioned to paint this image by the Navy Board. It is a panoramic, almost aerial view of Deptford Dockyard in the late 18th...
9. The East India Company's Yard at Deptford.
*The East India Company's Yard at Deptford. The East India Company's Yard near Deptford Creek, with several ships on the stocks. The ships used by the Company were initially purchased privately...
10. The West Indiaman Britannia, by Joseph Walter.
*The West Indiaman Britannia, by Joseph Walter. An oil painting of the West Indiaman 'Britannia' shown in three positions. On the left, she is in stern view and on the far right, in bow view. The...
 
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