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LL/92969
Corporal James Mack
1856, September
Sailors on the deck of HMS St Jean d'Acre
[Photograph album of Moscow and St Petersburg]

Albumen print
16.1 x 17.3 cm (image)
 
Royal Collection
RCIN 2945158
 
Photograph of sailors on the deck of HMS St Jean d'Acre. Four sailors are sitting on the floor, with the man second from the right holding a rope from the cannon behind him. Six others stand behind. This photograph was taken by Corporal J Mack during the coronation celebrations of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. Lord Granville, who led the British delegation, travelled to Russia on HMS St Jean d'Acre.
 
LL/92969


 

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