Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Captain Augustus Henry King
1855Albumen print | 16.6 x 15.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500294
Photograph of Captain King standing beside a horse which is facing left. He is wearing military uniform and holding a riding whip in his right hand and a sword in his left. There is a wooden hut behind him.
Captain King served during the Crimean War with the Royal Horse Artillery.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
King, Augustus Henry, Captain (d.1899)Army-GB-Artillery-Royal Horse Artillery16.6 x 15.8 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Capt King RHA
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Ponies
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Buildings
- Architecture
- 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
