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Description LC-DIG-PGA-03087: England and America. The visit of her majesty Queen Victoria to the Arctic ship Resolute - December 16th, 1856, to whom this engraving is by special permission respectfully dedicated by her obedient servants, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. / painted by W. Simpson ; engraved by G. ZobeL, 1859. Resolute became trapped in the Arctic, and an American whaler helped to remove the ship. As a gesture, Queen Victoria made a desk from the wood and presented it to the President of the United States. (2015/10/16).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/22337637166 (archive). It was reviewed on 12 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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