The painting depicts what was most probably a fictitious meeting between the sailing warship HMS QUEEN and the 206-ton paddle-steamer WILLIAM FAWCETT which made the first Peninsular Steam sailing to Spain and Portugal in 1835.
Additional information
Date
1893
Ship Name
WILLIAM FAWCETT (1828)
Shipping Line
P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
Medium
Watercolour on paper heightened with white, gum arabic and bodycolour