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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Captain James John Marjoribanks Wardrop

1855

Albumen 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
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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