Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Colonel Brownrigg and the two Russian boys, Alma and Inkermann
1855Albumen print | 16.8 x 15.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500375
Photograph of Colonel Brownrigg by the entrance to a tent with two young Russian boys called Alma and Inkermann. Colonel Brownrigg, wearing military uniform, sits on a metal chair facing partly left with his left hand resting on a gun. One boy sits on a log and the other stands beside him to the right with his right arm wrapped around a tent pole.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Brownrigg, John Studdholme, General (d.1899)People of Russia16.8 x 15.5 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Colonel Brownrigg and the two Russian boys - Alma and Inkermann -
Subject(s)
- People
- Boys
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- 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
- People
