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Portrait photograph of Engineer Thomas Baldwin, Royal Navy
A daguerreotype, photographic miniature. A half-length portrait of Engineer Thomas Baldwin, Royal Navy. Baldwin is shown looking to his left and in uniform. The sitter is wearing a hat with a badge, a dark jacket with gold coloured buttons, a cream waistcoat and a white shirt with high stiff collar. The sitter is wearing a neck cloth and a lanyard.
Thomas Baldwin was promoted to Engineer First Class (later changed to the new rank of Engineer in January 1865) on 16 April 1861. He retired physically unfit on 7 December 1877. [See TNA, ADM 196/23].
The photograph is tinted and framed by a textured gold mount with an arch-shaped aperture. The daguerreotype is held within a leather-covered wooden-framed case lined in velvet. The lid has become detached and is catalogued as ZBA 7497.1.
Thomas Baldwin was promoted to Engineer First Class (later changed to the new rank of Engineer in January 1865) on 16 April 1861. He retired physically unfit on 7 December 1877. [See TNA, ADM 196/23].
The photograph is tinted and framed by a textured gold mount with an arch-shaped aperture. The daguerreotype is held within a leather-covered wooden-framed case lined in velvet. The lid has become detached and is catalogued as ZBA 7497.1.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA7494 |
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| Type: | Daguerreotype |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | Circa 1861 - circa 1872 |
| People: | Baldwin, Thomas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 9 mm x 60 mm x 77 mm |
| Parts: | Portrait photograph of Engineer Thomas Baldwin, Royal Navy |