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JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

Captain Arthur Watkin Williams Wynn (1819-54)

1883 copy after 1854 original

Carbon print | 17.8 x 13.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500089

Photograph of Captain Arthur Watkin Williams Wynn seated facing right with his head turned towards the camera and his hands together on his lap. He is wearing military uniform. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

Captain Arthur Watkin Williams Wynn served in the Crimean War with the 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) and was killed at the Battle of Alma.

  • Creator(s)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

  • 17.8 x 13.6 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Captain Arthur Watkin Williams Wynn, 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers, c.1854 [in Crimean Officers Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
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