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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion

ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Captain and Mrs Duberly

Apr 1855

Albumen print | 15.2 x 16.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500314

Photograph of Mrs Duberly (1829-1903) mounted side saddle on a horse facing left with Captain Duberly standing by the head of the horse. Captain Duberly is wearing military uniform and Mrs Duberly a long dress and hat. There is open land behind them and a wooden stick in the ground to the right.

Captain Duberly was the Paymaster of the 8th Hussars and his wife Mrs Duberly travelled with him during the Crimean War. The journal she kept during her time in the Crimea was later published.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Duberly, Henry, Captain (fl.1855)
    Army-GB-Cavalry-8th (King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons (1810-1824)
    Army-GB-Cavalry Regiments
    Frances Isabella Duberly (1829-1903)
  • 15.2 x 16.0 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Mr & Mrs Duberley 8th

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs