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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Colonel Edward Birch Reynardson (1812-1896)

1855

Albumen print | 20.0 x 15.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500258

Photograph of Colonel Reynardson standing facing the camera with a hut behind him to the right. He is wearing military uniform and holds a pair of gloves and a sword.

Colonel Reynardson served in the Crimean War and commanded the Grenadier Guards during the Siege of Sevastopol.

Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 97.

  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Colonel Edward Birch Reynardson (d. 1896)
    Army-GB-Infantry-Foot Guards (1st or Grenadier) (1819- )
    Army-GB

  • 20.0 x 15.8 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Col Reynardson

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
    • 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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