KJOBENHAVNS REED DEN 1. MAY 1832. PRINS FREDERIK GAAR OM BORD PAA FREGATTEN HAVFRUEN FOR AT GORE SIG EN SEJLTUR , 1832. 
77 x 125 cm. (30.3 x 49.2 in.). The two Danish frigates in the painting are the <i>Nymphen</i> and the <i>Havfruen</i>.  Prince Frederik (the later king Frederik VII) stayed on the <i>Havfruen</i> from May 1 to June 10 "to make himself acquainted with the service at sea", as prescribed by his great uncle, king Fredrik VI. [<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.marinehist.dk/orlogsbib/Schultz-III.pdf">https://www.marinehist.dk/orlogsbib/Schultz-III.pdf</a> marinehist.dk (in Danish) Den dansk Marine 1814-1848. J.H. Schultz, 1950,  <i>Orlogsfarten</i>, volume I, page 197-202.
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