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An elaborate cross-section of Noah's ark, detailing the storing of provisions and livestock; scenes of loading and construction. Line engraving.

Ship-building: six kinds of ship (top), the hull of a ship of the line (centre and below). Engraving, 1806.

Ship-building: detail showing various types of ship, Brig, Billander, Dogger, Galley, Galliot, Schooner, Sloop, Xebec. Engraving by J. Taylor.

Men build the ark while revellers play; God supervises. Engraving.

Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving by J. Tomlinson, 1809, after E. Pugh, 1804.

Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

Ship-building: various types of ship, and timbers of a hull. Engraving by J. Taylor.

Ship-building: side and end elevations of a ship, and a half-plan of a hull. Engraving c.1861.

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Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich, on the left, viewed from afar with many ships in the foreground, on the right the Royal Dockyard on the Isle of Dogs. Engraving.

Ship-building: six kinds of ship (top), the hull of a ship of the line (centre and below). Engraving, 1806.

Ship-building: various types of ship, and timbers of a hull. Engraving by J. Taylor.

Greenwich, with London in the distance. Engraving by J. Tomlinson, 1809, after E. Pugh, 1804.

Ship-building: side and end elevations of a ship, and a half-plan of a hull. Engraving c.1861.