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Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers autographed cabinet card portrait depicting the U.S. Navy Rear Admiral in uniform. Rodgers has signed boldly in black ink along the lower right, "C. R. P. Rodgers / Rear Admiral." The photograph was produced by F. M. Zuller of Richfield Springs and the U.S. Naval Academy during the period in which Rodgers served as Superintendent of the Academy.

The reverse bears an important period annotation by Mary Endicott Chamberlain, daughter of U.S. Secretary of War William C. Endicott and wife of British statesman Joseph Chamberlain. She identifies the subject as "Rear Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers / U.S. Navy," notes that the photograph was signed in Washington in 1888, and adds, "His House Chevy Chase near Washington was lent to J.C. & me for our honeymoon November 15, 1888," initialing the notation "M.E.C." Joseph Chamberlain was the father of British political figures Austen and Neville Chamberlain.

Fine condition.

Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers (1819-1892) was a distinguished U.S. Navy officer whose career encompassed the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and senior commands in the postwar Navy. A member of one of America's most prominent naval families, Rodgers was related to Commodores Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew C. Perry and served as Commandant of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy when the Civil War began. He later commanded the USS Wabash during operations at Port Royal, participated in the captures of St. Augustine and Fort Pulaski, and commanded the ironclad USS New Ironsides during operations against Charleston. Promoted to Rear Admiral in 1874, Rodgers served twice as Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy and later as Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron. He also served as president of the U.S. Naval Institute.

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