If you want to upload the photos somewhere and send me the link, I can ask on an excellent translators list. There are very knowledgable people there from a wide variety of disciplines. I'd be astonished if we couldn't identify at least some of them. Sr. Claire
On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Brian Lemin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there anyone on the list who might have the knowledge (or know someone > who > has the knowledge) to identify the types (i.e. frigate, man of war, > corvette > etc) of about 6 ships that I have depicted on my East Devon (Honiton) > bobbins. > The dates are early to mid 1800s. I have been investigating this for a few > years with conflicting advice, as for the most part the depictions are > incised > sketches and not too good. > I have been on the net, sent them to maritime museums and I am still not > sure > ( I felt the museums did not take the illustrations seriously!) I > contacted > an historical ship model maker. This list is my last hope. > > BTW for the Jane Austin fans I have the ASP from persuasion! I think that > was > a frigate! > > Thanks. > > PS I also have a piece of Steam agricultural machinery, that is an equal > mystery. I think Stormy's husband might be a steam man? > > > Brian and Jean > from Cooranbong, Australia > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > We are a community of 5.7 million users fighting spam. > SPAMfighter has removed 6286 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > The Professional version does not have this message > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
