Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Captain Thomas
1883 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print | 20.0 x 16.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500084
Photograph of Captain Thomas seated on a rock looking left. He is wearing military uniform and there is a sword and pair of gloves on the rock beside him to the right. There is a tent to the left and open land behind him. There is open land behind them and a tent to the right. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Captain Thomas was an aide-de-camp to General Bosquet, a senior French military figure during the Crimean War.
Captain Thomas was an aide-de-camp to General Bosquet, a senior French military figure during the Crimean War.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
Captain Thomas, Aide de Campe to Mareshal Bosquet (fl.1855)Army-France20.0 x 16.2 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Captain Thomas, ADC to Mareschal Bosquet
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
