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Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron (1790-1858) 1854-6
Hand-coloured albumen print | 23.2 x 17.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500015
Unknown Person
Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron (1790-1858) 1854-6
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Photograph of Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron. He is seated facing slightly left wearing naval uniform with epaulets and a number of medals. His bicorn hat and gloves are on the table to the left. His face has been hand coloured.
Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron succeeded Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas as the Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet during the Crimean War. He also held diplomatic roles in Greece and Sweden.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured albumen print
Measurements
23.2 x 17.8 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
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Rear Admiral Edmund Lord Lyons, G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, c. 1856 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
