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Description: | Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich SE, April 6th 1929. This frame was made out of the wood of H.M.S. Resolute who was abandoned in the Arctic about 1852 and twenty five years after found by the Americans and sent back to Queen Victoria after they had refitted her. Admiral Sir Vesey Hamilton (President of the RN College 1891-94) had his things restored to him and when the ship was broken up had some of the wood, out of which the carpenter of the Revenge at Queenstown made this frame, with the Hamilton crest and painted the picture of the Resolute under the direction of Sir Vesey Hamilton on leaving the College he presented it to the Museum. Lilian L. Fellowes (daughter)'
A glazed picture frame made from the timber of HMS 'Resolute'. The Hamilton crest is shown at the top. It is carved with flowers and foliage including roses and ferns. It contains a picture on wood on HMS 'Resolute'. A small flag in the botton right hand corner reads 'Hope. We waited'. Has a handwritten letter adhered to the back of the frame.
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caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton Resolute 1850 [HMS] Portsmouth Royal Naval Museum | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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