Photograph of John Roon, signalman in HMS VICTORY, 1860.
Albumen print mounted in an oval card frame, showing a portrait of John Roon, the signalman in HMS VICTORY who hoisted Nelson's famous signal 'England expects every man to do his duty'. A note on the frame states that the photograph was taken in 1860, when Roon was an aged pensioner at Greenwich Hospital.
Record Details
| Item reference: | PKS/5 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1860 |
| Creator: | Parks, Murray Thomas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Instructions relating to the Arctic expedition, 1851-1852. (Manuscript) (PKS/1)
- Commission and certificate of service relating to HMS ENTERPRISE, 1850-1855. (Manuscript) (PKS/2)
- Letters received from officers who took part in Arctic exploration, 1874-1875. (Manuscript) (PKS/3)
- Watercolour portrait of the Russian governor Maxemoff, 1850. (Manuscript) (PKS/4)
- Photograph of John Roon, signalman in HMS VICTORY, 1860. (Manuscript) (PKS/5)
- Official service documents, 1843-1870. (Manuscript) (PKS/101)
- Printed extract of a journal kept by Captain Richard Collinson in the Arctic, 1851-1854. (Manuscript) (PKS/102)
- Printed items and copy of notes relating to the voyage of HMS ENTERPRISE, 1850-1855. (Manuscript) (PKS/103)
- Letters received, 1847-1869. (Manuscript) (PKS/104)
- Letters received in connection with efforts to secure a naval cadetship for his son, circa 1874. (Manuscript) (PKS/105)
- Printed programme for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Mersey Docks, 1865. (Manuscript) (PKS/106)
- Pamphlets, newspaper cuttings and a funeral card, circa 1850-1877. (Manuscript) (PKS/107)
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