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Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787

1787

Wade Bequest collection of valves: R4 triode radio valve

1917

Joint railway companies' steam packet service coal strike

1912

Lens trier

1805-1845

Three Triangles collage print

1998

Orange Waves collage print

1998

Heavy Yellow Waves collage print

1998

Daily Herald Photograph: Daily Herald van tour

1933-08-15

Model of punching and shearing machine

c.1805

Hand coloured engraving; plan coupe D'une Cone

1787

Verni Jigger Variable Drilling Jig with Vernier Setting Scales in Wooden Case

1950-1960

Thermostatic steam condensate valve

thermostatic trap

Whole model of battleship HMS 'Captain'

1708-1714

Sand Triangle collage print

1998

Sand Waves collage print

1998

Dark Red Waves collage print

1998

Helix Nebula collage print

1998

Daily Herald Photograph: Daily Herald van tour

1933-08-15

Newspaper cutting from a 1953 edition of the Portsmouth Evening News, showing a photograph of Brading Station in 1874.

Newspaper cutting of Brading Station, in 1874

1953

Booklet entitled 'A table of the tolls, rates and duties payable to the mayor, aldermen & burgesses of the borough of Portsmouth under an act of Parliament passed in the 3rd year of the reign of Queen Victoria'. Printed by Henry Lewis, 1864.

A table of the tolls, rates and duties payable to the mayor, aldermen & burgesses of the borough of Portsmouth

1864

Silver medal of 39mm diameter. Awarded to L:.W. Oxford. Obverse: Allegorical female figure seated with camera and chemical apparatus. Inscription "Photographic". Designer A. Fenwicj, Birmingham. Reverse: Laurel wreath inscription "P:ortsmouth C.C. 1937 L.W. Oxford". Hallmarked TJS STR SIL. J. Purser and Sons Limited. 1937.

Portsmouth camera club sliver medal and case

1937

British Aerospace poster promoting 'Skynet 4 - Military Communications Satellite' with explanatory text and diagrams, about 1987. Given to engineer and project manager John Mitchard on his retirement in 1987.

Poster for Skynet 4 - Military Communications Satellite

circa 1987

Poster entitled 'London and South Western, and London and Brighton and South Coast Railways joint railway companies' Steam packet services fo Ryde and the Isle of Wight from 1st april 1880 and until further notice'. With timetable. Printed by Lewis Portsmouth.

Steam packet services fo Ryde and the Isle of Wight

1880

Two tracings on waxed cloth showing 'Outline Sheer Drawing' and 'Outline Plan of Hold for Navigating Officer', scale 1/4" = one foot, of H.M. Cruiser "Calliope" (1884), both stamped by the Chief Constructor at Portmouth Yard H.E. Deadman in 1892 and corrected by a later Chief Constructor by W. A Hopkins on October 27 1902.

Two tracings on waxed cloth, of the HMS Calliope (1884)

1892-1902

Two pieces of memel fir piling, removed from No.2 dock (HMS "Victory"), HM Dockyard, Portsmouth, c1798

Two pieces of memel fir piling

1798

Set of digitally manipulated mixed media collage prints, 'Improbable events' by Robert Ruthven, 1998. Artwork created for the 1998 Portsmouth City Arts Shock Waves Season 2 March - 5 April 1998. Collaged from the artist's paintings and photographs and from NASA photographs from the Hubble telescope, including nebula, and exploring theories of complexity and probability in the universe. Limited edition set of 7 prints each 22x15cm, signed by artist. /1. Dark Red Waves. /2. Sand Waves. /3. Sand Triangle. /4 Three Triangles. /5. Helix Nebula. /6. Heavy Yellow Waves. /7. Orange Waves.

Improbable events

1998

Poster, British Rail (Southern Region) poster, (Cruise Through the Solent and Spithead), Pink background white writing / Pink writing on white backgound, View the liners in Southampton Water, 30 May to 9 September 1971, May 1971, (Other IDs AD3885/B1 1/2/11571).

Cruise Through the Solent and Spithead

1971

Set of six scales with offsets for drawing plans, five scales and the box marked G. Lee & Sons Opticians, 33 The Hard, Portsmouth, 1847-1859, with the sixth scale marked Halden & Co. Manchester & London, 1878-1900, both England.

Plotting scales & offsets, British, 1847-1900

1847-1859; 1878-1900

Application forms for admission to a Railway Convalescent Home, one form for contributers to the Railway Convalescent Homes/Hospital Fund and one form for paying patients. Each form has parts to be completed by the patient and patient's Doctor. The form for paying patients has a scale of charges attached.

The Railway Convalescent Homes

1980

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Clement Attlee attending an Official Luncheon on Board HMS Victory' taken by an unknown photographer for The Topical Press (Hulton Deutsch Collection) taken 6th August 1946. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Politicians', 16 January - 13 March 1993.

Clement Attlee on Board HMS Victory

1946-08-06

Large format colour polaroid by Neal Slavin: HMS Intrepid Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth Naval Base, Hants., 8.9.83

HMS Intrepid Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth Naval Base, Hants

1983-09-08

Poster, "Steam Packet Arrangements. The Isle of Wight via Portsea, Portsmouth & Southsea, October 1879", Port of Portsmouth & Ryde United Steam Packet Company Ltd. Overall: 508 mm x 381 mm.

The Isle of Wight via Portsea, Portsmouth & Southsea

1879

Poster, British Railways (Southern) poster, (Awayday Presents The London Theatre - Night Ticket), Seats at London Theatres plus rail travel at bargain prices during January, February, March and April, January 1973, (Other IDs AD5032/B4/8173****).

Awayday Presents The London Theatre - Night Ticket

1973

goods office, clerk; sales assistant; Portsmouth; parcels; family background; childhood; education; childhood; starting work, duties;cartage rounds; horses; staff, carters; tissue record books; goods collection and delivery; customers, traffic; horses; Second World War air raid; duties; shifts; prisoners of war; Navy traffic; wartime damage; goods agent and railway; air raids; female staff; nationalisation; British Road Services; cashier, Fratton; indoor sales assistant; Rail Express Parcels; redundancy; National Children's Homes; church; leisure; freight handling; fire watching; church; pension; Portsmouth Harbour Station, Isle of Wight; home working; church; Fratton Goods, change from horses to lorries; early married years; Second World War; d.o.b. 1924-09-20, railway work 1938-1979, Portsmouth; National Carriers Ltd (NCL). 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Richardson, Wilfrid George

2000-11-23; 2001-01-11

Draught of yacht "America" (scale 1:24), (made for the late Admiral Sir William Loring K.C.B. at Portsmouth in 1862)

Draught of yacht "America"

1862

Joint Railway companies' steam packet service poster relating to transport to and from the Isle of Wight. The poster states that the ship service from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight was suspended from 1st June to September 30th , 1914, and an amended service will be run from Thursday 6th August, 1914. Dated 5 August 1914.

Joint Railway coompanies' steam packet service poster

1914

South Western & Brighton Railway Companies notice stating all excursion advertised by the S.S. Duchess of Fife are canceled until further notice. Issued from the Marine Superintendent's Office, Portsmouth Harbour, August 1914. Stamped in the top right hand corner.

Cancellation of the S.S. Duchess of Fife

1914

Rigged model, scale 1:48, of yacht the "America" (1851), original designed by Georgeo Steers, model made in the Portsmouth Dockyard in 1852

Rigged model of yacht "America"

1852

Working model, scale 1:8, of the frictionless steering apparatus designed by Andrew Murray, used aboard the 'Niagra' in 1857, on wood base, and made by Andrew Murray, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, 1857

Model of steering apparatus used on the 'Niagara'

1857

[Notebook] / Henry James, Portsmouth Dockyard. [1849-1851. 33 leaves + 1 folding plan. Ms. with handcoloured sketches. The notebook records the costs of construction work, material and labour for new works at Portsmouth dockyard]

Notebook / Henry James

1849-1851