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Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Captain George Thorne George 1855
Salted paper print | 19.6 x 15.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500312
Photograph of Captain George seated in a chair built around the stump of a tree. He holds a sword in his left hand and there is a man standing beside him to the left resting his right hand on his hip. Two tents and a hillside can be seen behind.
Captain George served during the Crimean War with the 4th Light Dragoons.
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Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Cavalry RegimentsGeorge Thorne George (active 1855)Army-GB-Cavalry-4th (The Queen's Own Light) Dragoons (1848-1861) -
19.6 x 15.8 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
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Captain George 4th Lt Dgns
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- 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
- visual works
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