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English: HMS "Neptune", Rear-Admiral Corry saluting the Queen, and getting under Way. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 25 March 1854.

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The Queen and her family are seen to left on board RY Fairy at Spithead, watching the departure of HMS Neptune, seen to right of centre, with men manning the rigging and firing a salvo. Other ships nearby.

Named ships listed on reverse of the Edward Duncan watercolour L-R:

Fairy (HMY) (Queen and her family on board)
HMS Frolic
Bulldog (HMS)
Neptune (HMS)
Caesar (HMS)
Prince Regent (HMS)
Boscawen (HMS)

HMS Neptune (1832).
Date 25 March 1854
date QS:P571,+1854-03-25T00:00:00Z/11
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Original antique wood engraving. Handcoloured. Published by the Illustrated London News, 1854.


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