Naval Uniform Collection (page 6)

Gun drill during the naval manoeuvres, 1891 (chromolitho)
974048 Gun drill during the naval manoeuvres, 1891 (chromolitho) by Payne, Henry (Harry) (1868-1940) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gun drill during the naval manoeuvres, 1891)

King George V, Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary in the White Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace, London
5996557 King George V, Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary in the White Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace, London, 1913 (colour litho) by Lavery

French sailors in Constantinople amusing themselves by playing leapfrog (colour litho)
2779888 French sailors in Constantinople amusing themselves by playing leapfrog (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Landing Order (colour litho)
2775618 Landing Order (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Landing Order. Illustration for Her Majestys Navy by Charles Rathbone Low (Virtue)

Royal Naval Artillery volunteer (colour litho)
2775616 Royal Naval Artillery volunteer (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Royal Naval Artillery volunteer)

A boarding party (colour litho)
2775649 A boarding party (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A boarding party)

Signalling (colour litho)
2775641 Signalling (colour litho) by Symons, William Christian (1845-1911); Private Collection; (add.info.: Signalling. Illustration for Her Majestys Navy by Charles Rathbone Low (Virtue)

Boatswain, about 1820 (colour litho)
2775639 Boatswain, about 1820 (colour litho) by Symons, William Christian (1845-1911); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boatswain, about 1820)

Japanese navy, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 (colour litho)
2775573 Japanese navy, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Japanese navy, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905)

Lord Nelson (colour litho)
2775652 Lord Nelson (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lord Nelson. Illustration for Her Majestys Navy by Charles Rathbone Low (Virtue)

Captain (colour litho)
2775632 Captain (colour litho) by Symons, William Christian (1845-1911); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain. Illustration for Her Majestys Navy by Charles Rathbone Low (Virtue)

The Kaiser and the Little English Boy - A Reminiscence of Cowes (litho)
3620635 The Kaiser and the Little English Boy - A Reminiscence of Cowes (litho) by Paget, Sidney (1860-1908); Private Collection; (add.info)

Nelsons First Footing in the Navy, Chatham (colour litho)
3638347 Nelsons First Footing in the Navy, Chatham (colour litho) by Davidson, Thomas (fl.1863-1908) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nelsons First Footing in the Navy, Chatham)

Advertisement for Austin Nichols & Co tobacco, New York (colour litho)
3104948 Advertisement for Austin Nichols & Co tobacco, New York (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for Austin Nichols & Co tobacco)

A Bord le Tangon (colour litho)
3105766 A Bord le Tangon (colour litho) by Bourgain, Gustave (c.1855-1921); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Bord le Tangon (On the Pole).); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

John Franklin, British naval officer and Arctic explorer (chromolitho)
3105667 John Franklin, British naval officer and Arctic explorer (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Franklin (1786-1847)

First Communication with the Natives of Prince Regents Bay, 10 August 1818
NBY332287 First Communication with the Natives of Prince Regents Bay, 10 August 1818, published by John Murray, London, 1819 (colour litho) by Sackhouse, John (1797-1819); Newberry Library, Chicago

The State Tinkers, published by William Humphrey in 1780 (etching)
NCO191225 The State Tinkers, published by William Humphrey in 1780 (etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Captain Cook landing in Tasmania, 1777, illustration from Hutchinson
STC373561 Captain Cook landing in Tasmania, 1777, illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, c.1923 (litho) by Woodville

Prince George of Greece, High Commissioner of the Cretan State (litho)
2818972 Prince George of Greece, High Commissioner of the Cretan State (litho) by Pirou, Eugene (fl.1884-1925); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prince George of Greece)

Rear-Admiral Humann, commander of the French Navys Far East Fleet (colour litho)
2818414 Rear-Admiral Humann, commander of the French Navys Far East Fleet (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rear-Admiral Edgar Humann)

Admiral Rieunier (colour litho)
2818329 Admiral Rieunier (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henri Rieunier, French admiral. L Amiral Rieunier)

Return from Casablanca. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2786449 Return from Casablanca. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Return from Casablanca)

Admiral Roustan carrying out a biannual inspection on board the training ship Borda (colour litho)
2795570 Admiral Roustan carrying out a biannual inspection on board the training ship Borda (colour litho) by French School

Accident on board the French battleship Iena (colour litho)
2795781 Accident on board the French battleship Iena (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Accident on board the French battleship Iena)

L Amiral Jacob (engraving)
2789102 L Amiral Jacob (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: L Amiral Jacob. Illustration for Journal Des Voyages, 27 September 1891)

King Edward VIII (b / w photo)
6014964 King Edward VIII (b/w photo) by Bassano, Alexander (1829-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Edward VIII (1894-1972).); © Look and Learn

Heaving the Lead from Costume of Great Britain, engraved by the artist, pub
COB82096 Heaving the Lead from Costume of Great Britain, engraved by the artist, pub. by William Miller and James Walker, 1807 (coloured etching) by Atkinson

Sir Horatio Nelson, K. B. Rear Admiral of the Blue, engraved and published by William S
COB82099 Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. Rear Admiral of the Blue, engraved and published by William S. Barnard (1774-1849), pub

The Evening Before the Battle of Copenhagen (litho)
3638349 The Evening Before the Battle of Copenhagen (litho) by Davidson, Thomas (fl.1863-1908) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Rear-Admiral Nelsons Conflict with a Spanish Launch, 3 July 1797 (litho)
3638351 Rear-Admiral Nelsons Conflict with a Spanish Launch, 3 July 1797 (litho) by Westall, Richard (1765-1836) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

H R H Prince George of Wales (colour litho)
2775620 H R H Prince George of Wales (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: H R H Prince George of Wales)

Lowering the ensign at sunset (colour litho)
2775653 Lowering the ensign at sunset (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lowering the ensign at sunset)

2nd class petty officer (colour litho)
2775643 2nd class petty officer (colour litho) by Symons, William Christian (1845-1911); Private Collection; (add.info.: 2nd class petty officer)

The retirement of Vice-Admiral Gervais (colour litho)
2795679 The retirement of Vice-Admiral Gervais (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The retirement of Vice-Admiral Gervais)

Vice-Admiral Maigret, deputy commander of the French Mediterranean Fleet (engraving)
2789469 Vice-Admiral Maigret, deputy commander of the French Mediterranean Fleet (engraving) by Petit, Pierre (1832-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vice-Admiral Maigret)

King George V and Queen Mary in Malta (colour litho)
2779791 King George V and Queen Mary in Malta (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: King George V and Queen Mary in Malta)

Les Marins Celebres, Paul Jones Et Lady Selkirk (engraving)
2789219 Les Marins Celebres, Paul Jones Et Lady Selkirk (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Marins Celebres, Paul Jones Et Lady Selkirk)

Admiral Gervais (colour litho)
2818218 Admiral Gervais (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Admiral Gervais. Commander of the French Navys Northern Battleship Division. L Amiral Gervais)

Celebrations in Paris commemorating the Franco-Russian alliance (colour litho)
2818447 Celebrations in Paris commemorating the Franco-Russian alliance (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Duke and Duchess of York leaving HMS Renown after their Empire tour, 1927 (b / w photo)
3103092 The Duke and Duchess of York leaving HMS Renown after their Empire tour, 1927 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Gallantry in the Air (litho)
JEP99774 Gallantry in the Air (litho) by Myrbach-Rheinfeld, Felicien baron de (1853-1940); Private Collection; German, out of copyright

Pierre Loti (1850-1923), cover illustration of La Revue Illustree
CHT225259 Pierre Loti (1850-1923), cover illustration of La Revue Illustree, 1st October 1889 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

View of the grounded Imperial German Navy warship Emden
DGC308109 View of the grounded Imperial German Navy warship Emden from the quarter deck of H.M.A.S. Sydney, 10th November 1914 (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century)

Pierre Andre de Suffren, French admiral (chromolitho)
972058 Pierre Andre de Suffren, French admiral (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pierre Andre de Suffren (1729-1788), French admiral

The Duke of Cornwall and York during his naval service, 1892 (chromolitho)
974050 The Duke of Cornwall and York during his naval service, 1892 (chromolitho) by Payne, Henry (Harry) (1868-1940) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Sailors performing a gunnery exercise on land (colour photo)
3098816 Sailors performing a gunnery exercise on land (colour photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sailors performing a gunnery exercise on land)

Sailors fencing with cutlasses at the Ecole de Gymnastique de Lorient, France (colour photo)
3098811 Sailors fencing with cutlasses at the Ecole de Gymnastique de Lorient, France (colour photo) by French Photographer

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"From Captain James Cook to the Prince of Wales: A Journey through Naval Uniforms" Step back in time and explore the rich history of naval uniforms, as we embark on a captivating journey. Our first stop takes us to 1770, where Captain James Cook proudly donned his naval uniform while taking possession of New South Wales in the name of the British Crown. Moving forward, we encounter John Cassin's remarkable artwork from 1806, depicting Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Memin's creation - a stunning representation of a naval uniform that exudes elegance and authority. Fast forward to 1896, where we find ourselves aboard the training ship HMS Lion at Devonport. The sailor lads proudly display their impeccable uniforms as they march out for a battalion parade. WM Crockett skillfully captures this moment, immortalizing their dedication and discipline. In 1936, George VI graces our presence as Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy. His majestic naval uniform symbolizes power and leadership during an era filled with challenges and triumphs. William IV makes his appearance in Rosalind Thornycroft's artwork from 1932. As King of Great Britain and Ireland, he showcases regality through his intricately designed naval attire. The Look Out by William Christian Symons transports us to c1890-c1893 when sailors stood watch atop ships dressed impeccably in their navy blue uniforms – ever vigilant guardians protecting maritime territories. Joining royalty on board the royal yacht during the 19th century (1910), we witness how even amidst leisurely moments at sea, proper attire is maintained by all members of society – including children - reflecting respect for tradition and protocol. Mr Saunders stands tall aboard HMS Powerful – his distinguished uniform representing honor earned through service to Queen and country. Each thread woven into its fabric tells tales untold yet deeply ingrained within maritime history.