a framed victorian carte d'visite photograph of a merchant navy mariner by a.peplow of hastings, photographer.
photograph size ... 105mm x 65mm
overall frame size ... 225mm x 175mm
the photograph is of a merchant navy officer, the badge on his cap denotes the shipping line he was working for. The photograph likely taken to celebrate the proud ocassion of a promotion or commission.
alfred peplow was a prominent professional portrait, group and architectural photographer who operated a photographic studio in hastings, east sussex, from the late 19th to early 20th century.
