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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Colonel Cunynghame and officers
1855Salted paper print | 14.1 x 19.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500393
Photograph of Colonel Cunynghame (1812-1884) with two other officers. Colonel Cunynghame is standing in front of his horse holding a sword in his left hand. To the left is a officer mounted on a horse facing forwards and to the right another officer is mounted facing left. They are all wearing military uniform and there is a group of tents behind them.
Colonel Cunynghame served during the Crimean War and fought in many of the major battles including the Battle of Inkerman and the Siege of Sevastopol.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame, General, GCB (1812-84)14.1 x 19.3 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Col Cunynghame
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- 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
