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Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake Hotel San Francisco 1930, B and W Photography by Ralph Young
Located in Atlanta, GA
of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel building in 1930. Features: Original silver gelatin print photography
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1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Sir Francis Drake: 18th C. Portrait of 16th C. Navigator, Privateer, Politician
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
This an 18th century copper plate engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake by Jacobus Houbraken
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1740s Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Sir Francis Awaits Notification, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Jo Beer
Located in Yardley, PA
( hand crafted by his late wife) as Sir Francis Drake. Seen daily in and around Plymouth, he became
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2010s Realist Paintings

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Oil

Franz Bergmann Surrealist Studio Ceramic Plate, “Miscellanea”
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Phoenix, AZ
and a painter, having also painted murals in Chicago for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. He painted
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Ceramic

Historical oil painting of the surrender of Don Pedro De Valdez to Francis Drake
By John Seymour Lucas
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Don Pedro De Valdez to Sir Francis Drake, aboard the Revenge during the Spanish Armada off Portland on
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19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Gio Ponti Midcentury Wood and Brass Italian Magazine Rack with Handle, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Roma, IT
globe, Sir Francis Drake and the mystical Golden Hind galleon. The golden hing was an English galleon
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Magazine Racks and Stands

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Brass

'The Animal Kingdom, ' Art Deco Mural Study with Male Nudes by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1930s. He painted murals for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and the University of California, among other
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Industrial, " Collection of Ironworker Paintings and Drawings by Garth, 1920s
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mural Director for the WPA Art Project there in the 1930s. He painted murals for the Sir Francis Drake
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Toltec, " Important Sketch for Art Deco Painting with Male and Female Nudes
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1930s. He painted murals for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and the University of California, among other
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley, Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth, 1924
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
the high seas with Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh, and other privateers to the New World
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Vintage 1920s American Books

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Paper

My Self
By Franz Bergmann
Located in West Hollywood, CA
the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. The success of these murals led to numerous commissions executed
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

California, Alaska and Mexico: 18th Century Hand-Colored Map by de Vaugondy
By Didier Robert de Vaugondy
Located in Alamo, CA
California by Sir Francis Drake when he claimed the area for England in 1579. His point of landfall is now
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Antique 1770s French Maps

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Paper

California: 18th Century Hand-colored Map by de Vaugondy
By Didier Robert de Vaugondy
Located in Alamo, CA
California by Sir Francis Drake when he claimed the area for England in 1579. His point of landfall is now
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1770s Landscape Prints

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Engraving

"Thomas Haden of Derby" signed original etching, first state
By Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A.
Located in Henderson, NV
Wright of Derby entitled "Edwin the Minstrel". The man in the portrait was actually Sir Francis Seymour
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1860s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Sunset in Ireland
By Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A.
Located in Middletown, NY
, outside of image area. Paris: Delâtre, 1863. [Drake 44; Harrington 51; Schneiderman 47].
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Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

Shere Mill Pond
By Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A.
Located in Missouri, MO
and preserve his professional reputation as a surgeon. Biography: Sir Francis Seymour Haden (16
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

Map of the World: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by E. Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
Sir Francis Drake supposedly landed in 1579 during his 1579 circumnavigation of the globe. Here he
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Card Players, Spain - English Pencil & Watercolor Figurative Interior Drawing
By Robert Sargent Austin, R.A., P.R.E., P.R.W.S.
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
called 'Our Heritage' and which also included portraits of William Pitt, Francis Drake, Earl Haig and
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1920s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Watercolor

Wareham Bridge
By Seymour Haden
Located in Missouri, MO
. / Height 15.2 cm.; Width 22.7 cm. Sir Francis Seymour Haden (16 September 1818 - 1 June 1910), was an
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1870s Other Art Style Landscape Prints

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Etching

Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
daughters, Dorothy, who married Edmund Lee, Jane, who married Sir Francis Englefield, 1st Baronet (ca. 1561
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Oil

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17th Century Nuremberg, German Iron Strongbox Jewels Casket
Located in Soquel, CA
Ornately painted cash box with iron hardware and key, on the original stand. Interior of box measures 8"W x 4"H x 3.75"D Exceptional, small, late-renaissance, table-top, Nuremberg, ...
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Antique 17th Century German Jacobean Decorative Boxes

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Wrought Iron, Iron

Mid-Century Isamu Noguchi Hawkeye Measured Time Clock and Timer
By Isamu Noguchi
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Noguchi's first mass-produced design, completed circa 1932, predating his design for the "Radio Nurse" baby monitor by about five years. Produced by Stevenson Manufacturing...
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Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Metal

Zoë Powell, Wood-Fired Ceramic Mortar and Pestle Sculpture, 2018
By Zoë Powell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Free-form, wood-fired mortar and pestle made from blended clays hand-collected by the artist in Minnesota and California. Both signed with the artist’s mark. Food safe. Mortar: 2 x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Abstract Sculptures

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Ceramic, Clay

3 Pierce Martin Modern Rattan Bentwood Bamboo Leather Linen Bar Counter Stools
By Pierce Martin
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage set of three Pierce Martin barstools featuring faux bamboo and rattan frame with foot rest, leather seat, nailhead trim and linen back. Atlanta-based, PierceMartin is contin...
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Late 20th Century Bohemian Stools

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Linen, Bamboo, Bentwood

Original Philco Radio Bar Restored Complete Glassware. Bluetooth& Ebony Finish
By Radiobar Corp. and Philco
Located in Oakland, CA
The Art Deco Philco Radio Bar is a prized possession for aficionados of radios and bars alike. Originating amid the Prohibition Era, an era marked by a fascination with clandestine d...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Dry Bars

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Chrome

Elevado Desk in Cerused Wenge Wood by Kelly Wearstler
By Kelly Wearstler
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The elegantly scaled Elevado desk has a simple architectural silhouette and utilizes our signature ivory cerused and wire brushed Wenge finish. Below the expansive desk top, which is...
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2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables

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Oak

Art Deco Burled Walnut Sideboard by Donald Deskey for the Hastings Company
By Donald Deskey
Located in New York, NY
This highly unique and stunning Art Deco Streamlined Machine Age Sideboard in Burled Walnut & Black Lacquer w/ Aluminum Pulls is by the esteemed designer Donald Deskey for the Hastin...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Sideboards

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Aluminum

Manning Bowman 1930 By Bel Geddes Art Deco Machine Age Pitcher In Chromed Steel
By Norman Bel Geddes, Manning Bowman
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco pitcher designed by Norman Bel Geddes for Manning Bowman. A fabulous art deco machine-age pitcher, created in America by the Manning Bowman Company, back in the late 193...
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Barware

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Steel, Chrome

1930s Donald Deskey Art Deco Low Maple Dresser with Round Mirror for Widdicomb
By Donald Deskey, Widdicomb Furniture Co.
Located in St. Louis, MO
Wonderful period streamline Art Deco design low dresser with round mirror by Donald Deskey (1894-1989) for Widdicomb furniture in maple veneer with aluminum details. Cream lacquered ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Dressers

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Aluminum

Raymond Subes Low Table
By Raymond Subes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
French Forties Art Deco low table by Raymond Subes in hand forged iron with black patina and gilt highlights. Takes glass top. Raymond Subes (1893-1970). French metalworker ...
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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Center Tables

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Iron

Raymond Subes Low Table
Raymond Subes Low Table
H 16 in W 32.5 in D 17 in
Beautiful original Art Deco Sparton 'Bluebird' cobalt blue mirror model 566
By Sparton
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful original Art Deco Sparton 'Bluebird' cobalt blue mirror model 566 radio designed by Walter Dorwin Teague for the Sparks-Worthington Company from Jackson, Michigan in 1936. ...
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Glass

The Basilica of St. Paul in Rome, Early 19th Century Etching by Luigi Rossini
By Luigi Rossini
Located in Alamo, CA
"Rovina della gran Basilica di S. Paolo fueri le mura accaduta" (View of the Ruins of the Great Triumphal Arch of S. Paolo Fuori le Mura) from "Le Antichita Romane" (Ancient Rome), p...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Kish-Ke-Kosh, Fox Brave: Original Hand-colored McKenney & Hall Lithograph
By McKenney & Hall
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century hand-colored McKenney and Hall lithograph of a Native American entitled "Kish-Ke-Kosh, Fox Brave", lithographed by J. T. Bowen after a painting by Ch...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

"Zodiac Box, " Lidded Art Deco Bronze Casket with Zodiac Symbols by Oscar Bach
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully cast and finished with a lovely, lustrous patina, this bronze lidded box depicts all 12 of the Zodiac symbols -- four on the lid and two on each of the four sides. The bo...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Peter Voulkos Signed Large California Studio Pottery Stoneware Charger Plate
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly fantastic, large, heavy charger/plate/platter by American master potter/artist Peter Voulkos who is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic pottery pieces and sculptures...
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Ceramics

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Stoneware

"Skating on Ladies' Pond Central Park": Winslow Homer 19th C. Woodcut Engraving
By Winslow Homer
Located in Alamo, CA
This Winslow Homer woodcut engraving entitled "Skating on the Ladies' Skating-Pond in Central Park, New York", was published in Harper's Weekly in the January 28, 1860 edition. It de...
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1870s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Woodcut, Engraving

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Early English Carved Wooden Sir Francis Drake Bust
Located in New York, NY
English Elizabethan style carved wood bust of Sir Francis Drake on round shaped base.  
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20th Century Jacobean Busts

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Wood

16th Century Oil Painting Portrait of Sir Francis Drake
Located in London, GB
Portrait of Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) Inscribed Atatis. Sve. 47 .. Oil on canvas Framed 27.5 x
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16th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Oil painting by Adolphe Ragon “The Spanish Armada .."
Located in Mere, GB
Oil painting by Adolphe Ragon “The Spanish Armada being fire-shipped by Sir Francis Drake at Calais
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

A pair of George III antique silver Candlesticks
By John Pearson
Located in London, GB
are those of the Batten family of Uperne, County Dorset, descendants of Sir Francis Drake
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Candle Holders

Pair of George III Antique Silver Candlesticks
By John Pearson
Located in London, GB
are those of the Batten family of Uperne, County Dorset, descendants of Sir Francis Drake
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Candle Holders

"The Ironworker, " Important Depiction of American Industrial Worker, John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1930s. He painted murals for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and the University of California, among other
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

17th Century Style Carved Oak Four-Poster Bed
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
the likes of Sir Francis Drake, Sir Hawkins Richard Grenville and Sir Walter Raleigh and William
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Early 20th Century English Elizabethan Beds and Bed Frames

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Oak

17th Century Elizabethan Style Carved Oak Four-Poster Bed
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
hall has hosted distinguished guests including the likes of Sir Francis Drake, Sir Hawkins Richard
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Antique Early 19th Century English Elizabethan Beds and Bed Frames

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Oak

Der Zee-Vaert Lof (ORIGINAL ETCHING BY REMBRANDT)
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New York, NY
herein are Columbus (p. 157), Vespucci (p. 161), Sir Francis Drake, Vasco de Gama, et al. The
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17th Century Baroque Figurative Prints

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Etching

Florida and Virginia: A 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Hondius after Mercator
By Gerard Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
' cartographic skills were valued by explorers and navigators, including Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, and
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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Maps

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Paper

Sir Francis Drake
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jacobus Houbraken (Dutch, 1698-1780) Title: "Sir Francis Drake" (Plate 31) Portfolio: The
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1740s Old Masters Portrait Prints

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Copper

"The Ironworker" Paean to the American Industrial Worker, 1930s
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Director for the WPA Art Project there in the 1930s. He painted murals for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

"Ironworker, " Important WPA-Era Depiction of Industrial Worker by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Francis Drake Hotel and the University of California, among other clients, and also designed mosaic murals
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

The Adventure of Sail, 1520-1914 by Donald Macintyre, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
those by Sir Francis Drake, Captain James Cook, Joseph Conrad and many others. With an introduction by
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Vintage 1970s English Books

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Paper

"Ironworker, " Important Sketch of Industrial Labour by John Garth, 1925
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
murals for the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and the University of California, among other clients, and also
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Florida and Virginia: A 17th Century Hand-colored Map by Hondius after Mercator
By Gerard Mercator
Located in Alamo, CA
' cartographic skills were valued by explorers and navigators, including Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, and
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Early 17th Century Landscape Prints

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Engraving

Le Petit Pont (the Small Bridge, Paris).
By Charles Meryon
Located in Storrs, CT
seal: Lugt 2743 Sir William Richard Drake (1817-1890) ( Treasurer of the Courts of First Instance
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Mid-19th Century Modern Landscape Prints

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Engraving, Etching

"The Golden Hind", Sir Francis Drake Flagship
Located in San Francisco, CA
it's captain, Sir Francis Drake, in honour of his main sponsor Sir Christopher Hatton, whose family
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Sir Francis Drake Awaiting the Tide" by Frank Moss Bennett
By Frank Moss Bennett
Located in Wiltshire, GB
"Sir Francis Drake Awaiting the Tide" by Frank Moss Bennett. Frank Moss Bennett 1874-1953 was a
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Vintage 1910s English Edwardian Paintings

Northern European 16th Century Black Painted and Carved Beech Model of a Lion
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
the British navigator Sir Francis Drake passed through Maluku on his circumnavigation of the world
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Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Beech

Monumental Pair of Cary's Library Globes
Located in New York, NY
Sir Francis Drake, the first Englishman to sail around the world (1577-1580). Information from
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Antique 19th Century English Globes

Materials

Mahogany

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