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 | 18.2 x 27.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500811
Photograph showing the cobbled lane running along one side of the camp with numerous thatched huts on the right and a line of thatched sentry boxes on the left. An officer and a sentry are standing to the right of the sentry box in the foreground. A few other buildings are visible near the edge of the cliffs in middle ground and background.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-France-Infantry18.2 x 27.5 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
