View of the past: 'Hurry to the Rescue', a watercolour by George Owen dated 1893 and just one of the hundreds of exhibits at Sotheby's maritime exhibition Rule Britannia which runs from January 2 to 29, 1986 (closed January 6). The public are invited to view paintings, porcelain, silver, medals, glass, furniture, presentation swords and other collectors' items all of which have been loaned and which represent 400 years of Britain's maritime heritage. The exhibition is being staged in aid of the RNLl and is open from 9.00 am to 5.30 pm, Monday to Saturday and from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm on Sundays. Admission is in the form of a minimum £1 donation to the RNLl..