22/4461 British Sailor’s Woolwork of the H.M.S. Pylades, circa 1860, Richard Bailey, maker. This portrait is inscribed on the reverse, Worked by my uncle Richard Bailey, Royal Navy, in 1860. Drowned in the Channel with a boat crew endeavoring to save a comrade washed overboard. (Signed:) W. A. Bailey, Major. Faux grain rosewood frame with gilt slip.
12 in. x 18 ½ in. Overall 16 in. x 22 ½ in.

Note: An inscription and signature are rare elements of embroidered ship portraits. Pylades was a screw corvette built at Sheerness Dockyard in 1854 and served until sold in 1875.