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)
Alternative version, a watercolour by Edward Duncan
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