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Admiral SIR CECIL BURNEY, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., who was second in command of the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland. He afterwards became Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty and was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East Coast of Scotland at the end of 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 number2015.8115
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)