"Capt. Mercer R.A."
Production date
Circa 1900
Description
Copy of an original carte de visite vignette portrait of Captain Henry Mercer of the Royal Artillery. Mercer appears from the lower-chest up, dressed in military uniform, wearing a jacket with toggles and olivettes, with a tag and watchchain on his left breast. His curly hair is slicked back at the front, and he dons a moustache with long, muttonchop sideburns. The photograph is included on page 52 of William Francis Robert Gordon's album "Some "Soldiers of the Queen" who served in the Maori Wars and Other Notable Persons Connected Herewith".
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