Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Henry Keppel NPG Ax16172

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd

Keppel entered the Navy in 1822. His family connections secured him rapid promotion, and he was promoted to Captain in 1837. His long naval career took him to many places including the West and East Indies and Australia. Keppel served with distinction in 1841 during the first Opium War in China and in the Baltic campaign of 1854; he was also active in suppressing piracy in Borneo. In 1866, by now a Vice-Admiral, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief in China. Three years later he was promoted... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.