Signed and inscribed studio portrait of 4th Engineer John Hall, HMS Endymion, in full dress uniform. Sydney, New South Wales, December 1869.

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Signed

Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 104 x 64 mm (mount); verso with the back mark of B. C. Boake, from Freeman Bros., Photographer, 330 George St., Sydney (over Mr. Jones, Jeweller c.) , and inscribed and signed in ink by the sitter: In remembrance of your visit on board HMS Endymion. Jno. Hall ; both the print and mount are in fine condition. The frigate HMS Endymion was part of Admiral Phipps’ Hornby’s Flying Squadron which circumnavigated the globe in 1869-70. The Squadron made its official entry into Sydney Harbour on 12 December 1869. During the Endymion s sojourn in Sydney, the ship s Fourth Engineer, John Hall had his portrait taken at B. C. Boake s studio as did, most likely, many of the ship s other officers and crew. He presented this particular carte de visite to a member (or acquaintance of) the wealthy and well-connected Balcombe family of The Briars , Mornington, Victoria, who had been invited on a tour of inspection of the ship. Provenance: Photograph album kept by Jane Emma Murphy (Balcombe) (1854-1924), of The Briars , Mornington (and later, St. Kilda, Melbourne), Victoria, Australia; thence by descent through the à Beckett family, Melbourne.

• Binding: Hardcover

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