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Water velocipede, 1870s.

1869-1881

Whole model of a Thames lighter

Model, scale 1:20, of an eight-oared barge with stowed oars and fitted with stern bench seats, made by Searle and Sons, Lambeth, London, 1861-1865. The semi-state barge was ordered by the Earl of Kenmare, K.P., for the use of H.M. Queen Victoria during her visit to the Killarney Lakes in 1861

Model of eight-oared barge

1861-1865

1 print of model of "Water-Velocipede"

Print of Water velocipede

1869-1881

Model, scale 1:8, of a "Water-Velocipede", illustrated by W.H. Overend, owned by Queen Victoria, used by Edward VII and Alexandra, with figures added in the 1960s by Barbara Mary Campbell, Kingston upon Thames, London, England. original manufactured by Searle and Sons, 1869-1881

Model of 'Water-Velocipede'

1870-1925

Model, scale 1:8, on mahogany stand of the original form of the ‘Rob Roy’, clinker –built, full-decked canoe with double-ended paddle, designed by the traveller, John MacGregor, unsigned, made by Searle and Sons, Lambeth, London in 1867 and builders of the original canoe. Macgregor used this type of canoe to make a journey of round 1,000 miles along the lakes and rivers of Central Europe in the summer of 1865

Model of the original Rob Roy canoe

1867