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Pages from a 19th century Moroccan Quran

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Sleeper (1847)

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, The Experts, 1837

church of St Mary, Clipsham, Rutland

📍 musée de l'orangerie, paris (16.07.2026)

Tennessee Williams

The Mary Rose served for 34 years before sinking in battle with the French in 1545. She was then raised in 1982 and her hull, and tens of thousands or artefacts raised with her, are now on display in the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth. The Mary Rose is, without doubt, one of the most important historical artefacts in the world, let alone one of history’s most iconic ships.

Andreas Achenbach (German, 1815–1910), "Storm at Sea off the Norwegian Coast" (details I), 1837. Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main.

Stained glass window in St Mary’s Church, Banbury - Pictured here is HMS Terror stuck in the ice. The images was taken from the Arctic reports and notebook of Admiral Sir George Back during his Arctic expedition in 1836. It was commissioned by Henry Back, the admiral’s brother and vicar of the church in c. 1860.

Painted seashell - a ship caught in a storm, the crew evacuating by boat in a rough sea, signed E. Bataille, seaside souvenir, 19th century