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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)

Camp at Boulogne

c. 1857

Albumen print | 21.3 x 29.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2500820

Photograph showing men with spades and mallets standing on a cobbled lane flanked by gable ends of thatched huts. Other men are standing by the huts and some others, in a group, in the foreground, on the right.

  • Creator(s)

    Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-France-Infantry
  • 21.3 x 29.7 cm (image)

  • Camp at 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]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs