'Fores's Marine Sketches. The Royal Navy. Portsmouth Harbour - the Victory Saluting Her Majesty' [in HM Yacht 'Fairy', with the 'Dryad'

Hand-coloured etching and aquatint inscribed 'The Royal Navy. Portsmouth Harbour - the Victory Saluting Her Majesty'. HMS Yacht 'Fairy' is shown with Queen Victoria on board in the background, and the hulked 'Dryad' centre right. The 'Dryad' - a 36-gun frigate launched in 1794 - had a long and notable active career until September 1832, after which it became a receiving ship at Portsmouth, as shown here, until broken up in 1860-62.

Object Details

ID: PAH9197
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Fores; Robins, Thomas Sewell Harris, John
Places: Unlinked place
Vessels: Dryad (1795)
Date made: 1 May 1851
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 605 mm x 836 mm;Primary support: 498 mm x 680 mm