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. 1857Albumen print | 19.5 x 25.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2500824
Photograph of a view along a paved road with soldiers standing in front of thatched huts along the right hand side. Bandsmen pose in group in the distance, on the left, next to piles of rifles. Two faint female figures are visible through the opening to the thatched hut on the right.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-France-Infantry19.5 x 25.4 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]
- France
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
