Queen Victoria's Arrival in Cork Harbour, 3 August 1849., George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson, 1850

The royal yacht victoria and albert, entered cork harbour on 2 august. At 8am the following morning she was saluted by the ganges and the hague. In the afternoon the queen, embarked in the fairy and sailed round the harbour. She then stepped ashore in queenstown, so called as it was the first place she had set foot on irish soil. Object Type: painting. Date: 1850. Dimensions: height: 85.8 cm (33.7 in) ; width: 132.6 cm (52.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Royal Collection. George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson (1806-84) - Queen Victoria's Arrival in Cork Harbour, 3 August 1849. - RCIN 407118 - Royal Collection