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Text on the reverse side: Dating back to ancient times, knot-tying is an important skill for sailing and maritime activity. There are over 3,800 t...

Text on the reverse side: Illustration montrant l'évolution des uniformes de la marine française de 1690 à 1930. Le type d'uniforme porté et d'ins...

Text on the reverse side: Illustration showing the evolution of French Naval Uniforms from 1690 to 1930. The type of uniform worn and insignia dis...

Text on the reverse side: With earliest models dating back to the 2ndC, armillary spheres are brass representations of the celestial sphere with e...

Text on the reverse side: Les sphères armillaires, dont les premiers modèles remontent au IIème siècle, sont des représentations en laiton de la s...

Text on the reverse side: Les bouées sifflantes aident les marins à s’orienter par temps brumeux et incertains. Lorsque la bouée monte et descend ...

Text on the reverse side: L'École navale, ou Académie navale française, forme les officiers de la Marine française depuis 1830. Cette illustration...

Text on the reverse side: Les marins sont les membres actifs de l’équipage d’un navire au-dessous du grade d’officier. Cette illustration d'un mar...

Text on the reverse side: Whistling buoys help sailors find their way in foggy and misty weather. As the buoy bobs up and down in the water, compr...

Text on the reverse side: It is believed that the first ships were built by the Ancient Egyptians as early as the 4th century BC. Since then, mari...

Text on the reverse side: The École navale, or the French Naval Academy, has trained the officers of the French Navy since 1830. This illustration...

Text on the reverse side: Sailors are the working members of a ship’s crew below the officer-level rank. This illustration of a sailor from the Fr...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Watson adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaeru”, which...

Text on the reverse side: 'A Christmas Carol' written by Charles Dickens, popularised the phrase 'Merry Christmas'. This novella was Dickens' most...

Text on the reverse side: Dickens took just six weeks to write 'A Christmas Carol'. For this first edition, 6,000 copies were published on 19th De...

Text on the reverse side: The photographs were taken at St Martin’s Hall, London, during a public reading series which were presentations by the D...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Oliver Twist adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaeru”,...

Text on the reverse side: Illustration from the botanical book ‘The Temple of Flora’. The begonia is mildly toxic to humans and animals where inge...

Text on the reverse side: 48 Doughty Street is the only house in which Charles Dickens lived in London that survives and where he shot to worldwid...

Text on the reverse side: This portrait miniature of Charles Dickens with dark curls was exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts in London, 1844, b...

Text on the reverse side: This portrait of Charles Dickens was painted during his first tour of North America, where he caught the attention of Am...

Text on the reverse side: In the publication Eclipse, 14th June 1868, André Gill illustrates Dickens crossing the English Channel holding his favo...

Text on the reverse side: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was a philantrophist who supported over 43 different charities throughout his life. Through ...

Text on the reverse side: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is often regarded the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His work 'A Tale of Two Cities...

Text on the reverse side: Following his father's imprisonment at Marshalsea Prison for debt, Charles Dickens (1812-1870), then aged just 12 years ...

Text on the reverse side: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) began his writing career aged 20 as a journalist and parliamentary reporter. During this tim...

Text on the reverse side: Robert Buss, an admirer of Charles Dickens’ writings, painted the piece five years after the author’s death. Filled with...

Text on the reverse side: Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), a social critic, and considered by many as the greatest novelist of the Victori...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Charles Dickens adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaer...

Text on the reverse side: From The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611) by celebrated English cartographer John Speed (1552-1629). The m...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary English National Opera adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print from 1814. The Japanese word for frog is ...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary Kew adaptation of an antique Japanese woodblock print from 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaeru”, w...

Text on the reverse side: All UK passports are issued in His or Her Majesty’s name - a document which gives permission for citizens to travel. Unk...

Text on the reverse side: Map of London from an actual survey made between 1824-1826 by Christopher and John Greenwood. The city was the first to ...

Text on the reverse side: Le point de broderie utilisé dans ce tissus indien du XVIIIe siècle est typique du Gujarat. Entre le XVIe et le XVIIIe s...

Text on the reverse side: Une adaptation d'une estampe japonaise de 1814. Le mot japonais pour grenouille est "kaeru", qui peut aussi signifier "r...