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LL/92968
Corporal James Mack
1856, September
Embassy servants on the deck of HMS St Jean d'Acre
[Photograph album of Moscow and St Petersburg]

Albumen print
22.7 x 26.9 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2945157
 
Photograph of Embassy servants on the deck of HMS St Jean d'Acre. They are gathered in a group with five men sitting on the side of the ship. There is a cannon to either side of them and rigging behind. In the foreground there are coils of rope. 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/92968


 

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