Portriat of whaling ship steward

photograph

Photograph; Portrait of ship steward; black and white photograph of a whaling ship steward, possibly named William Hamilton, wearing a pinstripe three-piece suit and cap, standing on a ship deck; photograph has been cut to show some black around edges where the film was over-exposed; much of the photographs background is faded; handwritten on back of photograph in pencil "A crack steward/ of the whaling/ fleet -- Wm Hamilton".