Wool embroidery showing a sailing warship in profile, with a deep hull and ten gunports, wearing the White Ensign and a commissioning pennant. The sails are padded and the rigging is made of cotton thread. The embroidery is mounted in its original maple frame. It was made by the donor's uncle Staff-Sergeant David Joseph Mead (1850-1941), who served in the Royal Marines from 1862 to 1888. The embroidery was produced during his retirement and is loosely based on his old ship 'Cumberland' 1842 (Third-Rate). Mead served on 'Cumberland' during the 1860s when she was a guard ship at Sheerness.