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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Brigadier-General Garrett and his staff
1883 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print | 20.1 x 15.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2500095
Photograph of Brigadier-General Garrett and officers of his staff gathered around a table by the entrance of a tent. Three officers sit around the table and another stands with his back to the camera bending forwards slightly to cut up food. Another man stands to the right facing left and holding a tray. All are wearing military uniform. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Brigadier-General Garrett was the Commanding Officer of the 46th Regiment during the Crimean War and later commanded the British troops in China and Hong Kong.
Brigadier-General Garrett was the Commanding Officer of the 46th Regiment during the Crimean War and later commanded the British troops in China and Hong Kong.
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
20.1 x 15.9 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Major-General Sir Robert Garrett, KCB and Staff
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology