"Promotion Hook" on San Giovanni Steps at Malta. 1900.

For Sale is the Front Page removed from "The Graphic, June 23rd, 1900," showing a Drawing by Sydney P. Hall, from a sketch by A. Gascoigne Wildey, called "An Old Navy Custom is going through "Promotion Hook" on the San Giovanni Steps at Malta. It dates back to a time before the days of Nelson, who is said himself to have passed through the hook.  To the great regret of Naval officers the hook has been removed on account of alterations in the premises to which it is attached.  Many Naval officers at present serving have passed through the hook each time they succeeded in gaining a step in rank.  The performance used to take place after the opera or after a ball at the Palace, since superstition demanded that the ceremony should be carried out in uniform befitting so important an occasion.

Condition is Very Good.