A FINE MID NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH OF COMMANDER ASTLEY...

Hammer

£180

A FINE MID NINETEENTH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH OF COMMANDER ASTLEY COOPER KEY. A fine Victorian photograph of Commander Astley Cooper Key in Naval uniform, the ribbons and braid highlighted in red and gilt, oval, 5.4 x 4cm. In original tooled gilt surround and ebonised support, 13.3 x 12cm. With a paper label to the reverse 'Commander Astley Cooper Ket C.B (afterwards Rt Hon Sir Astley Copper Key G.C.B. FRS.'. Astley Cooper Key (1821-1888) had a long, illustrious and well recorded Naval career. He joined the Navy in 1833, he saw much action, not least in the Crimean War, rising to become First Sea Lord by1879 and First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp to the Queen *Condition: Good condition.