Admiral Sir James Gordon, KC.B. A good cdv of the1860s.

A good carte de visite by Maull & Polyblank, Gracechurch Street & Piccadilly from a contemporary group of their photographs identified on the verso in pencil. The portrait shows Admiral Sir James Gordon. KCB [1782-1869] full length seated, weaing uniform and decorations, and was probably taken at the Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital where he served duirng his last years in the navy and where he died. He served initially as a volunteer and then under Nelson as a midsjipmn adt the battlew of the Nile. His long career sawa service around the world and he rose finally to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet. Thw cdv probably dates from the mid 1860s.      may26/2

The London photographer Maull & Polyblank had studios on Gracechurch Street and on Piccadilly. The firm began trading in around 1856 and continued under this name until 1865 after which it became known as Maull & Co.