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Colonel Charles Francis Seymour (1819-54)

1854

Albumen print | 7.4 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2500052

Half-length photograph of Colonel Charles Francis Seymour seated facing right. He is wearing civilian clothes.

Colonel Charles Francis Seymour was killed at the Battle of Inkerman.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Colonel Charles Francis Seymour (1819-54)
    Army-GB-Infantry-Scots Fusilier Guards (1832-1877)
    Army-GB

  • 7.4 x 5.7 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, Assistant Adjutant General, 4th Division, ca 1854 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • 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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