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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Brigadier-General Van Straubenzee and Officers of The Buffs
1855Albumen print | 18.2 x 15.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500359
Photograph of Brigadier-General Van Straubenzee (1812-1892) and a group of Officers from The Buffs. Van Straubenzee is seated on a rock on the ground in the middle of the group facing partly left. Four men stand behind him and another sits on a metal chair to the left. One holds a bugle and several carry swords. There is an area of open land behind them.
Brigadier-General Van Straubenzee served with the 3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot, also known as The Buffs, during the Crimean War and later became the Governor of Malta.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Van Straubenzee, Charles Thomas, Brigadier (1812-1892)Army-GB-Infantry-3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs) (1783-1881)18.2 x 15.8 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Bde Van Straubenzee & officers
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
