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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Captain Edwyn Sherard Burnaby (1830-1883)
1855Albumen print | 17.0 x 13.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500278
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.
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
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- 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
