Early career of Frederick North

A half leather bound album with the binding broken at the spine and many of the leaves loose, containing 329 albumen prints of various sizes including carte de visites. The album documents the early career of paymaster, Frederick North between 1864 - circa 1876 including his time onboard HMS Nassau (1866), consisting of portraits of friends, family and colleagues, ship portraits including: Barrosa (1860), Conqueror (1855), Edgar (1858), Hercules (1868), Liffey (1860), Nassau (1866), Rattesnake (1861), and topographical photographs, including: Bahia, Ballarat, Burma, Melbourne, Montevideo, New Zealand, Penang, Rio de Janeiro, Sierra Leone, Simonstown and the Cape, Suez Canal, Sumatra, Sydney, Zanzibar.

Frederick North served on Edgar (September 1861-July 1862), Rattlesnake (July-November 1864, May 1865-February 1866), and Barrosa (June 1869-January 1871) during the Flying Squadron cruise around the world (1869-1871).

Plates scanned:
Plate 312 (repro ID L3722) - Creek life on the Canton river, China
Plate 315 (repro ID L3723) - A domestic family scene in China
Plate 317 (repro ID L3724) - Junks on the Canton river, China

Object Details

ID: ALB0029
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1864 - circa 1876; 1864 - 1878
People: North, Frederick
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 280 mm x 355 mm
Parts: Early career of Frederick North
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