No info on the slide, but ...
I believe that this slide/etching is of Admiral Norville Beauchamps. Norville was mentioned in dispatches after the Fifth Battle Of The Nile in 1843, and was promoted to Admiral in 1848. After a glittering career at the Royal Navy Coal Supply Service, he was selected for the 1854 Grand Expedition, who's goal was to pioneer a sailing route from Southampton to Zurich, Switzerland.
The etching shows the short-arse (he was only 4ft 8inches tall) with his flagship HMS Queasy in the background. Alas, the ship, admiral and all hand were mysteriously lost without trace, just outside Luxembourg.
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