A late 19thC embroidered ship picture A late 19thC embroidered ship picture, decorated centrally with HMS Grafton, flags, and bearing the wording 'In Remembrance of my crew or cruise in Japan and China', above a cartouche containing a photograph, 49cm x 56cm. H.M.S Grafton an Edger Class Cruiser was launched in 1892 and served in the China sea from 1896 to 1899. Provenance: Butterfields, Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire. On initial inspection there is some staining to the fabric which has been embroidered.
A late 19thC embroidered ship picture A late 19thC embroidered ship picture, decorated centrally with HMS Grafton, flags, and bearing the wording 'In Remembrance of my crew or cruise in Japan and China', above a cartouche containing a photograph, 49cm x 56cm. H.M.S Grafton an Edger Class Cruiser was launched in 1892 and served in the China sea from 1896 to 1899. Provenance: Butterfields, Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire. On initial inspection there is some staining to the fabric which has been embroidered.
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