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i used the coins to give you proportion. i kind of had a little fun with this as i put a tiny wrench next to a huge wrench, but used the coins that we are all familiar with to give proportion.
A Proportion of Ordnance, Carriages, Powder, Shot, Match, and other Ammunition, and Habiliaments of War, hereafter mention'd, to be prefently iffued out of Her[is] Majefty's Stores, within the Office of the Ordnance, for fupply and furnifhing Her[is] Majefty's Shipp Ye Oxford at Portsmo by Order of ye Board dated 22nd Inst.
… issued from the Master-General’s office at the Tower of London and sent to Portsmouth Dockyard ordering that the listed items be taken from the stores and carried on board HMS Oxford in preparation for her sailing … HMS Oxford was a 54-gun fourth-rate ship launched in 1674 carrying 22 off 12 pounders and 32 off 6 pounders, all of varying lengths. She was rebuilt in 1702, and again in 1727 when she was rearmed to 50 guns. She was broken up in 1758 …
Signed by:
Thomas Erle - Governor of Portsmouth and a Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance
Michael Richards - Chief Engineer of Great Britain and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance
Edward Ashe - Storekeeper of the Ordnance
Many thanks to Ray Bessant who has taken a deep interest in these documents and created a superb website here gosportshistory.co.uk/wp/ that includes an excellent glossary of terms. That said, Ray couldn't quite bring himself to thank me for scanning the document and allowing him to use it on his website. I blame his parents.
Proportion is exemplified by the various sizes of objects and archtecture in relationship to each other.
This photo didn't come out the way I wanted to once I first looked at it. In Photoshop I fixed the curves and hue, and it came out much better.