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| Keywords: The barque 'Queen Bee'.jpg 1855 oil canvas cm 49 2 74 4 National Maritime Museum object history credit line National Maritime Museum Greenwich London <small> en A portrait of the barque ˜Queen Bee' shown broadside-on The ship flies the flag with her name on the main mast A lighthouse and coastal scene with houses can be seen in the distance on the left There is other shipping in the painting including a steamship billowing smoke on the right Built in 1852 in Sunderland the ˜Queen Bee ™ was a full rigged 3-masted Barque with a wooden hull She was registered in Dumfries Scotland and in 1857 the wooden hull was apparently sheathed in ˜felt and yellow metal ™ The painting has been signed and dated by the artist ˜J Heard 1855 ™ </small> accession number BHC3571 http //collections nmm ac uk/collections/objects/15044 html collections nmm ac uk PD-old-auto-1923 1859 Joseph Heard Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Queen Bee ship 1852 19th-century sailing ships in paintings 1855 paintings | ||||
