Object within Schaaf no. 1381

Portrait of a young naval officer, possibly a Lieutenant, on board H.M.S. Superb

Image size: h 8.4cm x w 4.8cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Physical description: two left corners of negative clipped; right half of negative cut, lost

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-3831/5

Collection: Science Museum Collection

Keywords: Ship

The young man in the photograph is standing by the belaying pin rail, on the port side of the 80-gun three-decker, H.M.S. Superb.

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