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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
Barracks, Boulogne
c. 1857Albumen print | 22.5 x 29.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500815
Photograph of military barracks at Boulogne ordered in rows from the foreground to the background. A barrack with a thatched roof stands in the foreground with two soldiers standing and one seated outside. The one in the middle is reading a book.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-France-InfantryArmy-France22.5 x 29.1 cm (image)
37.5 x 44.5 cm (mount)
Barracks, Boulogne. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s].
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Boulogne-sur-Mer [Pas-de-Calais]
- France
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
