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Admiral LORD JELLICOE, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., who was given Chief Command of the Grand Fleet on the outbreak of war, August, 1914, and was in supreme Command at the Battle of Jutland. He became First Sea Lord of the Admiralty in December, 1916, and retired in December, 1917.

(English, 1874–1949)
about 1917
Medium/TechniqueChromolithograph on card stock.
DimensionsVertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.8111
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPostcards
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)