A woolwork picture depicting the ironclad frigate HMS 'Lord Warden' 1864. A port broadside view is shown with the vessel under sail and steam. She has a distinctive clipper/ram bow. Draped red curtains ornamented with tassels frame the ship. Her name 'HMS LORD WARDEN' is embroidered in red on a ribbon at the base of the picture. The wool is very faded with the exception of the black colour used for the hull. Circles of paper are used to indicate the gun ports. The embroidery was acquired in a maple frame.

HMS 'Lord Warden' was built at Chatham and was the heaviest wooden ship ever launched. With her sister ship 'Lord Clyde', she was the last of the broadside ships. She was deployed against left-wing Spanish forces in 1873, also serving in the Mediterranean and Channel. She was broken up in 1889.