verymerryseamstress Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I found this wonderful historical maritime uniform resource this morning while looking for trim detail references for waist coats and frock coats: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/setTempl...contentId/14764 You can also search through other items, such as buttons, epaulettes, breeches etc: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/displayCo..._class=Uniforms From the website: As a first instalment of the National Maritime Museums extensive uniform collection, we give details of some of our earliest and most important items. These include the surviving pattern garments of the first Royal Naval uniform of 1748. Other items of particular interest are a captain's full dress coat of the 1774 pattern as worn by Captain James Cook in the famous portrait by Nathaniel Dance (although we do not know its original owner), and three of Nelson's coats including the undress uniform in which he was fatally wounded at Trafalgar. Uniforms of the 1812 pattern take the story up to the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Enjoy! Very Merrily, Heather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 An excellent resource for later RN, thanks for posting that! Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Great links! Thanks for sharing them. Very helpful... Hurricane -- Hurricane ______________________________________________________________________ http://piratesofthecoast.com/images/pyracy-logo1.jpg Captain of The Pyrates of the Coast Author of "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Year Before the Mast" (Published in Fall 2011) Scurrilous Rogue Stirrer of Pots Fomenter of Mutiny Bon Vivant & Roustabout Part-time Carnival Barker Certified Ex-Wife Collector Experienced Drinking Companion "I was screwed. I readied my confession and the sobbing pleas not to tell my wife. But as I turned, no one was in the bed. The room was empty. The naked girl was gone, like magic." "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Years Before the Mast" - Amazon.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjöröveren Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 My only complaint about the NMM site is that many photos are too dark to see any detail. What were they thinking, putting a navy blue uniform against a black background? In some photos, all you can see is buttons and braids! the Fool's Gold Pirates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 If you have a photo manipulation program, drag the image to your desktop and fix it locally. It worked great - changed the contrast and brightness, adjusted the levels - and now I have some nice photos for Diosa to work with now. Hurricane -- Hurricane ______________________________________________________________________ http://piratesofthecoast.com/images/pyracy-logo1.jpg Captain of The Pyrates of the Coast Author of "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Year Before the Mast" (Published in Fall 2011) Scurrilous Rogue Stirrer of Pots Fomenter of Mutiny Bon Vivant & Roustabout Part-time Carnival Barker Certified Ex-Wife Collector Experienced Drinking Companion "I was screwed. I readied my confession and the sobbing pleas not to tell my wife. But as I turned, no one was in the bed. The room was empty. The naked girl was gone, like magic." "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Years Before the Mast" - Amazon.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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