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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Armando0831, post: 33020, member: 305&quot;][ATTACH=full]8321[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]8322[/ATTACH] I found these at Goodwill for $10. The one with the broken glass, the glass wasn&#039;t broken when I bought it. It was a rough ride home. </p><p><br /></p><p>A pressed plate, hand coloured etching depicting &#039;The first and last journey of HMS. Victory’ after W.L. Wyllie, engraved by his son Harold Wyllie. It was published by Robert Dunthorne &amp; Son in 1922, with the aim of profits going to raise funds to help preserve and restore the Victory and move the ship to a permanent dry dock in Portsmouth.</p><p><br /></p><p>The etching depicts the first journey of the famous HMS Victory in 1778.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ship is shown under sail with gun ports open, at least nine other warships of the fleet may also be seen, along with two other vessels on the horizon and a long boat in the foreground.</p><p><br /></p><p>Underneath the etching the piece is named, with a description that reads “This plate is respectfully dedicated by permission to the Right Honourble Earl Beatty, Admiral of the fleet, G.C.B.,O.M.,D.S.O, &amp;&amp; C. by his most obedient servants, Robt Dunthrone &amp; Son”.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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