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ATTRIBUTED TO CORPORAL CHURCH, ROYAL ENGINEERS (ACTIVE 1850S)

Chapel and Men's Huts, Aldershot

c. 1857

Albumen print | 14.7 x 29.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500836

Photograph showing the chapel (the large wooden shed in the middle ground on the extreme right), a large wooden shed and rows of low wooden huts in the distance. The white building partially visible in the background is the Iron Church.

  • Creator(s)

    Attributed to Corporal Church, Royal Engineers (active 1850s) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB
  • 14.7 x 29.0 cm (image)

  • Chapel and men's huts, Aldershot. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s].

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Hampshire [England]
              • Aldershot [Hampshire]
                • Aldershot Camp [Aldershot]
                • Church of St Michael & St Sebastian [Aldershot]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Domestic architecture
          • Stables
        • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
          • Christian church architecture
            • Churches
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs