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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
UNKNOWN PERSON
Colonel Charles William Ridley (1812-67)
1854-6Salted paper print | 25.3 x 17.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500116
Photograph of Colonel Charles William Ridley standing facing partly right. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a sword in his left hand and a pair of gloves in his right.
Colonel Ridley served with the Grenadier Guards during the Crimean War, commanding several different battalions.
Colonel Ridley served with the Grenadier Guards during the Crimean War, commanding several different battalions.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
25.3 x 17.8 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Colonel Charles William Ridley, KCB, Grenadier Guards, Commander of the 3rd Battalion, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- 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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
