Record of historical events
Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
Boulogne
c. 1857Albumen print | 22.2 x 29.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2500810
Photograph showing a long road flanked by rows of thatched huts, sloping down a gentle hillside. Infantrymen stand along its right side and a pile of rifles is in middle distance, at the centre of the image. More rows of identical huts are visible in the background.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-France-Infantry22.2 x 29.4 cm (image)
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
