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HMS Thunderer off Walmer Castle in a rough sea

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018 | All Rights Reserved

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Date

November 1842

Artist

Henry Wise Harvey (fl. 1819-1861)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/920274

Description

The 'Thunderer' to the right and another vessel to the left. From 10 November to 3 December 1842 the Queen and Prince Albert stayed at Walmer Castle, at the invitation of the Duke of Wellington; the Queen wrote in her journal that the ship was 'just opposite our windows'. Signed 'H. W. Harvey'. Inscribed on the mount 'H. M. S. Thunderer, 84 guns, off Walmer Castle, Nov. 1982 [sic]'.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018

Location

North Sea

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Sheep

Category

Travel & Transport

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