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? ROBERT HOWLETT (1831-58)

Aldershot

1856

Salted paper print | 12.6 x 17.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2932737

Photograph of a view of Aldershot barracks, featuring a soldier standing in the middle ground in left side profile. On the left of the photograph are a series of wooden barracks and on the right stand two wooden sentry boxes. There is a flag in between the sentry boxes.

  • Creator(s)

    ? Robert Howlett (1831-58) (photographer)

  • 12.6 x 17.2 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Hampshire [England]
              • Aldershot [Hampshire]
                • Aldershot Camp [Aldershot]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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