It took me two reads to work out the surname here was Spratt. But then a quick search revealed this to be quite an interesting character – http://ift.tt/1AwG0bE

What is interesting is that Spratt was made Captain in 1855 and I am told that the uniform is that of a Captain of less than three years, which would date this image pre-1860. I’m not sure that would be the case.

Further research has revealed very little about the studio.

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