Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Captain James John Marjoribanks Wardrop
1855Albumen print | 17.5 x 15.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500315
Photograph of Captain Wardrop sitting on an upturned wicker basket. He is wearing a coat and holds a stick in his left hand. There is a wicker basket on its side to the left with a hat and gloves on top. Behind him is a cloth sheet pinned to a wooden wall.
Captain Wardrop served with the Grenadier Guards during the Crimean War and was a friend of Captain Turner.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Wardrop, James John Marjoribanks, Captain (fl.1855)Army-GB-Infantry-Foot Guards (1st or Grenadier) (1819- )17.5 x 15.3 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Capt Turner's friend name unknown
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- 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
