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prison art / Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815

French Prisoner of War model ship. unnamed 60 gunner. Three-masted war ship of bone and wood. Prisoner art, early 19th century, period of the Napoleonic Wars. Note in archive file AI/012/002 states: 'Model of three-master of French type made of bone belonging to a class usually ascribed to French...

 

prison art / Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815

Card box with sliding lid, handcarved of bone. Painted inserts with glass type covers, depicting ladies and gentlemen in Regency style dress. Probably containing set of cards and dominoes made of bone pieces, painted. Made by French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic Wars, c. 1803-1815. Lid...

 

prison art / Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815

Card box with sliding lid, of bone. Painted inserts with glass type covers, depicting ladies and gentlemen in Regency style. Containing set of cards and dominoes made of bone pieces, painted. Piece of bone broken off one side and not found. Made by French prisoners of war during the Napoleonic...

 

prison art / Napoleonic War

French Prisoner of War model ship. Napoleonic War period. Three-masted war ship of bone and wood.

 

prison art / Le Ardy, Napoleonic Wars

French Prisoner of War model ship. "Le Ardy" 58 gunner, Three-masted war ship of bone and wood. Prisoner art, early 19th century, period of the Napoleonic Wars. Set on wooden stand.

 

prison art / Napoleonic Wars, 1803-1815

French Prisoner of War model ship; early 19th century, period of the Napoleonic Wars. 1803-1815. 'Hero', 58 gunner, prisoner art of beef bone and wood. Three-masted war ship. Set standing on a carved bone stand, decorated with fish and sea gods etc. Model, bone. Man-of War, made by French...