Her commander, Charles Fellowes, was the first man over the walls of Canton when the city was taken,[2] and the ship saw further action in China, including the attack on the Taku Forts on the Hai River in 1858.

[3] In 1860, under the command of John Bythesea, she surveyed the Bohai Sea to prepare moorings for the Allied fleet to disembark troops for the advance on Beijing.

He wears a straw sennet hat, representative of the tropical naval headwear introduced in the 1800s[4], square rig - the standard uniform for Seamen 2nd Class[5] - and medals on the left breast.

The original design featured a sailor as a demi-head, with one arm down by his side, holding his hat, and the other raised in salute.

It was eventually transported back to Portsmouth following a bombing raid in 1942 on the port, which badly damaged the fort housing the figurehead.