The ‘Great Harry’ or ‘Henri Grace Dieu’ was built at Woolwich for Henry VII in 1488 and lost in action against the French off the Isle of Wight in 1512. In this brightly coloured lithograph she is shown on the port-broadside to full advantage against the white cliffs of the English coast, with her sails taut and her pennants clearly identifiable in the stiff breeze. Although it is clear from the inscription that Mitchell’s painting supposedly depicts the ‘Great Harry’ of 1488, he may have used as his model engravings of the ship built to replace her in the reign of King Henry VIII – the ‘Great Harry’ (1514).