Benjamin Waters

The final image of Benjamin Waters wearing his morning coat. Undated, likely between 1910-16. He dies on July 13, 1916, at age 88. See also P. 394 of the By…

H.M.S. Revenge (1805)

Painting of HMS Revenge at Gosport in 1805. Artist, T. Robinson. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. See also P. 172 of the By Sea, By Land book.

Marine Hospital, Hawkins Point

The smallpox hospital where Thomas Waters Jr. may have spent a grim Christmas in 1846...the Marine Hospital at Hawkins Point, part of the Quarantine Station. U.S. National Library of Medicine.…

Amaret Dakin (1840s)

The earliest image we have of Amaret Dakin, and in fact, any relative from the Waters family. It is a hand-tinted daguerreotype, likely from the 1840s. See also P. 211…