This website presents our knowledge and research on this important aspect of the Royal Collection. As of April 2026 it will not be regularly updated and new research on this topic will sit within the main website.

Record of historical events

Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion

ATTRIBUTED TO MARIE ALEXANDRE ALOPHE (1812-83)

Admiral Jean Pierre Edmond De La Gravière (1812-92)

1854-6

Albumen 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.
  • 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
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs