Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Captain Hughes 1855
Salted paper print | 19.3 x 15.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500564
Photograph of Captain Hughes sitting on a chair facing forwards. His legs are crossed and his left arm is resting on the back of the chair. He is wearing a dark coat and a curtain is draped behind him to the right.
During the Crimean War Captain Hughes was employed on special service in Circassia and informed the allied commanders of the fall of Anapa.
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Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Hughes, Captain (fl.1855) -
19.3 x 15.6 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Europe
- 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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