BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL|EXTREME LENGTH 166 FEET WIDTH 104 FEET HEIGHT 83 FEET FIRST MUSICAL FESTIVAL OCT 1834: view of the town hall
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BIRMINGHAM FIRST GRAMMER SCHOOL|FOUNDED BY KING EDWARD VI 1552 PRESENT EDIFICE FINISHED 1837|LENGTH IN FRONT 174 FEET 125 FEET IN FLANK 60 FEET IN HEIGHT: facade of the Birmingham Grammer School
THE CHINESE JUNK KEYING|LENGHT 160 FT BREADTH 33FT BURDEN 800 TONS DEPTH OF HOLD 12 FEET: starboard view of junk with sail set on main mast
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THIS REMARKABLE VESSEL IS A JUNK OF THE LARGEST CLASS, AND IS THE FIRST SHIP CONSTRUCTED BY THE CHINESE WHICH HAS REACHED EUROPE, OR EVEN ROUNDED THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. THIS JUNK WAS PURCHASED AUGUST, 1846, AT CANTON BY A FEW ENTERPRISING ENGLISHMEN. SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG 6TH DECEMBER, 1846, ROUNDED THE CAPE 31ST MARCH, 1847, ARRIVED IN ENGLAND 27TH MARCH, 1848.
THIS 25TH DAY OF OCTR 1810 HE COMPLEATS THE 50TH YEAR OF HIS REIGN TO THE JOY OF ALL HIS SUJECTS: double headed eagle supporting Royal Arms upon its back
VICTORIA QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN|BORN MAY 24 1819: bust
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LONG LIVE THE QUEEN|CORONATION JUNE 28 1838: Britanniiia and Scotia and Hibernia standing by an altar before Queen Victoria, Victory with a palm branch behind the throne
VICTORIA QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN |BORN MAY 24 1819: bust
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LONG LIVE THE QUEEN |CORONATION JUNE 28 1838: Britannia Scotia and Hibernia by an altar standing before Queen Victoria seated left. Victory with palm branch behind throne
THE CHINESE JUNK KEYING|LENGHT 160 FT BREADTH 33FT BURDEN 800 TONS DEPTH OF HOLD 12 FEET: starboard view of junk with sail set on main mast
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THIS REMARKABLE VESSEL IS A JUNK OF THE LARGEST CLASS, AND IS THE FIRST SHIP CONSTRUCTED BY THE CHINESE WHICH HAS REACHED EUROPE, OR EVEN ROUNDED THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. THIS JUNK WAS PURCHASED AUGUST, 1846, AT CANTON BY A FEW ENTERPRISING ENGLISHMEN. SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG 6TH DECEMBER, 1846, ROUNDED THE CAPE 31ST MARCH, 1847, ARRIVED IN ENGLAND 27TH MARCH, 1848.
