HMS Queen sailing out of Portsmouth harbour, elegant figures in the foreground<br><p>H.M.S. Queen was built in 1839 in Portsmouth dockyard.  She was the Flagship of the Mediterranean fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Campbell Rich Owen (1771-1849), who took her out to the Mediterranean in 1843.
</p><p>An autograph version of this composition was sold by sotheby's on 15th July 1992, lot 4
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Auction Marine Art lot 23 Sale 2006<br>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Ward_(painter)" class="extiw" title="w:en:John Ward (painter)"><span title="English painter, born 1798">John Ward</span></a>
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19<sup>th</sup> century <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div>
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