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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Colonel Clark, Scot's Greys, with the horse wounded at Balaklava

1855

Salted paper print | 15.8 x 14.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500440

Photograph of Colonel Clarke standing beside a horse which was wounded during the Battle of Balaklava. He is standing facing left with his right hand resting on the horse's back, and is wearing a fur coat and hat. Another man stands by the horse's head holding the reins. There is a campsite and a hillside behind. Colonel Clarke served with the Scots Greys during the Crimean War.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Colonel George Calvert Clarke (d. 1900)
    Army-GB-Cavalry-2nd (Royal North British) Dragoons (1846-1866)
    Army-GB-Cavalry Regiments
  • 15.8 x 14.5 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Col Clark S Greys & Horse wounded at Balaklava

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs