Baker (Casper Joseph, 1852-1918). An album of photographs compiled by naval cadet Casper Baker, c. 1865-73

Baker (Casper Joseph, 1852-1918). An album of photographs compiled by naval cadet Casper Baker, c. 1865-73
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Baker (Casper Joseph, 1852-1918). An album of photographs compiled by naval cadet Casper Baker, c. 1865-73, containing mounted albumen prints of various sizes, the largest approximately 20 x 25 cm, mounted singly and as multiples on rectos and versos of 30 stiff card leaves, ink captions to mounts, including scenes on HMS Britannia, HMS Arethusa, Minotaur and Royal Alfred, plus views and scenes in Italy (some by Giorgio Sommer), plus Sicily, Greece, Algiers, Gibraltar, Malta, Cairo, Lisbon, Madeira, Smyrna, Trieste, etc., a few leaves detached, modern paper wrappers with handwritten label 'Casper Baker' to upper cover, 4to



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Provenance: Casper Joseph Baker was on officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War. He was recorded as an entrant in January 1866 to the training ship HMS Britannia. He retired as Vice-Admiral.