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Roger Fenton (1819-69)

Captain Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (1830-1883) 1855

Albumen print | 17.0 x 13.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500278

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Photograph of Captain Burnaby seated on an upturned wicker basket with his head turned slightly right and his legs apart. He is wearing military uniform and holds a hat and sword in his left hand.

Captain Burnaby served during the Crimean War with the Grenadier Guards and later became the MP for North Leicestershire.

Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 111.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)
    Burnaby, Edwyn Sherard, Captain (1830-1883)
    Army-GB-Infantry-Foot Guards (1st or Grenadier) (1819- )
  • 17.0 x 13.5 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Capt Burnaby SGds

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
    Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)