The Royal Naval Exhibition at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London in 1891

The Royal Naval Exhibition at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, ran from 2 May to 24 October 1891. This is inside the St Vincent Gallery which was principally concerned with the display of early naval ordnance. Various gun barrels are laid out and labelled and they include a Henry VI serpent, a Henry VIII saker, an 1812 howitzer, a Charles I falcon of 1638, a Charles II minion of 1676, a William & Mary minion of 1695, a Queens Anne minion of 1706 and four guns salvaged from the Mary Rose; a culverin, a demi-cannon, a 12-sided culvering bastard and a cannon royal. Hanging on the wall is a sail noted as "H M S Victory Foretopsail after Battle of Trafalgar Oct. 21st 1805". A copy negative produced by the NMM Studio of a mounted photographic print contained in Photograph Album No. ALB1386.