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CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
Three daggers
c.1853-5Albumen print | 23.2 x 17.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2369582
Photograph of three daggers, shown in their scabbards, and photographed from above. The daggers all have jade handles. The handles and scabbards are decorated with designs and precious stones. The dagger on the far right exists in the Royal Collection, RCIN 11508.
It is likely the daggers are all of Indian origin.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
23.2 x 17.8 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Daggers
- Scabbards
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Earth sciences
- Precious & semiprecious stones
- Gemstones
- Jade
- Gemstones
- Precious & semiprecious stones
- Earth sciences
- Places
- Asia
- India
- Asia
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- Science, Medicine and Technology
