Object Collection
Search the Object Collection using standard or advanced search.
Search the Object Collection using standard or advanced search.
What you can expect to find in the Object Collection
The Lloyd’s Register Foundation Heritage Centre cares for a variety of historic objects commissioned by, donated to, or otherwise collected by Lloyd’s Register and Lloyd’s Register Foundation. Some of the objects listed form part of the fabric of the Lloyd’s Register Building, whereas the majority testify to the long-standing relationships and influence of Lloyd’s Register within the maritime industry. Most objects date from the 19th and 20th centuries, and include a variety of ship models, framed artworks, and engineering heritage artefacts.
Frequently asked questions
- Constructional and display models
- Surveyor equipment and testing devices
- Maritime-themed artworks and prints
- Portraits of Lloyd’s Register Chairmen, staff, and notable individuals within the maritime industry
- Trophies and medals
- Furniture, fittings, and décor of the Lloyd’s Register Building
- As the cataloguing process is still ongoing, only a portion of the online records have photographs attached. Please contact the Heritage Centre team if you require a photograph of a specific object.
- It is most useful to search the Object Collection by category to narrow down a specific object type. Subject terms can be used to search specific topics or iconography. You can also search by author or date of creation.
- The Heritage Centre holds a series of significant sectional ship models built in the early 19th century depicting the changes in shipbuilding and materials, in particular the evolution from wooden to iron ships.
- A collection of 18 drawings for the Proposed Rules for the Construction and Classification of Composite Ships (1866), by Harry J. Cornish, at the time a ship surveyor for Lloyd’s Register. The drawings blend technical precision with artistic skill, providing visual testimony to a relatively short-lived shipbuilding practice.
- Lloyd’s Register commissioned a number of artworks by Sir Frank W. Brangwyn in the first decade of the 20th century, a series titled Dockside Labour, and two large naval paintings.
- Other large naval paintings include William A. Knell’s Battle of Trafalgar and Edoardo F. de Martino’s Coronation Naval Review of 1902.
- The entire Object Collection is listed on the Heritage Centre website. However, the cataloguing process is still ongoing and more information about the artefacts will be added in the coming months.
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