The Naval Review Her Majesty the Queen Reviewing the Fleet at Spithead April 23rd 1856. The line of Battle Ships Rounding the Pivot Ships

Coloured lithograph inscribed "The Naval Review Her Majesty the Queen Reviewing the Fleet at Spithead April 23rd 1856. The line of Battle Ships Rounding the Pivot Ships. From the original drawing in the collection of Her Majesty The Queen, to whom this print is by permission..." the bottom part of the inscription is missing as the page has been cut here. Flagship Duke of Wellington is shown a little to the right of the centre of the picture, her rigging crowded with sailors waving at observers in small boats in the foreground. The Hecla is in the centre right of the picture. The Victoria and Albert is on the left of the picture (port-side view).

The original Royal Collection drawing is likely to be RCIN 920311 (Millar, D., 1995. The Victorian Watercolours in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen. 2 vols, London - DM 0335).

Object Details

ID: PAI6190
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Brierly, Oswald Walters; Dutton, Thomas Goldsworthy Ackermann, Charles, & Co
Vessels: Duke of Wellington (1852); Victoria and Albert (1855) Hecla (1839)
Date made: 1 Sep 1856
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 503 x 896 mm