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The painting records an event which took place on 1 March 1842, during Queen Victoria's visit to Portsmouth. The Queen was accompanied by her husband Prince Albert, together with the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, his two sons Prince Augustus and Prince Leopold, the Duke of Wellington and others, as she toured Spithead in the steamer 'Black Eagle'. She then visited HMS 'Queen', 110 guns, which was anchored at Spithead and was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir E. Owen. His red flag is shown flying from the main, together with the red ensign, Union flag and the Royal Standard. The visit took place on a foggy day with heavy drizzle, which the artist has suggested with low clouds and a black forbidding sea. Contemporary accounts record that the yards of the ships at Spithead were manned for the occasion and in the painting the sailors are shown standing on the yards wearing blue jackets and white trousers.
Title
Queen Victoria's Visit to HMS 'Queen' at Portsmouth, 1 March 1842
Date
1842
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 48.3 x W 68.6 cm
Accession number
BHC0629
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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