H.M.S. Queen entering Malta Harbour, also Devastation

A lithograph of the paddle sloop ‘Devastation' (6 guns; left of centre, port broadside view; labelled below image) towing H.M.S. ‘Queen’ (110 guns; far right, port broadside view) into Malta Harbour. Three smaller rowing boats in the mid-ground, and three men on rocks in the foreground, waving. The fort and lighthouse lie in the background, with the old town to the far left of the picture.
Lower right inscription indicates lithographer as Charles Frederick de Brocktorff, based on Strada Reale in Malta (Valetta) N111.

Mounted with PAD1716-PAD1719; PAD1721-PAD1724.

Object Details

ID: PAD1720
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Brocktorff, Charles Frederick de
Places: Unlinked place
Vessels: Devastation (1841); Queen (1839)
Date made: 1842
People: Osborne, Francis Granville Goldophin
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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