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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Colonel Clark, Scot's Greys, with the horse wounded at Balaklava
1855Salted 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 Regiments15.8 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
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- 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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
