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

ATTRIBUTED TO CORPORAL CHURCH, ROYAL ENGINEERS (ACTIVE 1850S)

Aldershot

c. 1857

Albumen print | 18.7 x 29.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500828

Photograph of cannons on limbers and caissons lined up in a field, with the Barrack Establishment on the left and Thorn Hill on the right

  • Creator(s)

    Attributed to Corporal Church, Royal Engineers (active 1850s) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB

  • 18.7 x 29.0 cm (image)

  • Aldershot. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s].

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Hampshire [England]
              • Aldershot [Hampshire]
                • Aldershot Camp [Aldershot]
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Cannons (weapons)
            • Gun Carriages
              • Cannon Carriages
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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