Lord Fisher, British admiral Size:M: 60 x 45cm arms crossed

arms crossed

Several figures inhabit the scene including (lower right) an artist in the act of drawing

The top and bottom images show an observatory erected over the cross of the cathedral

Carte-de-visite head and shoulders portrait of Michael Faraday [roughly trimmed to an oval format]

Lord Fisher, British admiral Size:M: 60 x 45cm arms crossedLord Fisher, British admiral, late 19th century, (1920). John Arbuthnot Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone (1841 1920) was First Sea Lord and Admiral of the Fleet. Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914 1918, seventh edition, (The Swarthmore Press Ltd, London, c1920).