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ATTRIBUTED TO MARIE ALEXANDRE ALOPHE (1812-83)
Admiral Jean Pierre Edmond De La Gravière (1812-92)
1854-6Albumen print | 24.7 x 17.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500077
Photograph of Admiral Jean Pierre Edmond De La Gravière standing facing slightly right with his left hand resting on a stone block behind him which is engraved with the name 'M. ALOPHE'. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a bicorn hat in his right hand.
Admiral Jean Pierre Edmond De La Gravière was a French naval leader who served in the Crimean and Franco-Prussian Wars.
Admiral Jean Pierre Edmond De La Gravière was a French naval leader who served in the Crimean and Franco-Prussian Wars.
Creator(s)
Attributed to Marie Alexandre Alophe (1812-83) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Jean Pierre Edmond De La Gravière (1812-1892)24.7 x 17.2 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Admiral Jean Pierre Edmond Jurien de la Gravière, Commander of Channel Fleet, Chief of Staff (Captain of Fleet) to Admiral Bruat, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Naval Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
