2-889-294 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Royal Yacht Squadron Saluting the French Squadron - sketched by the Hon. Dudley Pelham, 1850. French and British warships at a naval review off the coast of Cherbourg. 'Yachts now began to weigh, boats commenced to ply, steamers, with crowded freights of all classes, and apparently of all countries, steamed out from the harbour, round the fleet and through the yachts, and multitudes assembled on the piers, wharfs, roofs, and shores. First, there was a regatta commenced at nine o'clock in the morning. The first race run was open to all gigs, and several of the gigs belonging to the English Yacht Squadron were entered...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.