Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Colonel Francis Seymour (1813-1890)
1855Salted paper print | 17.2 x 12.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2506587
Photograph of Colonel Seymour standing in front of a sheet of cloth with a wooden wall behind. He is wearing military uniform and a winter coat and is resting his right foot on a stone. He holds a sword in his left hand.
Colonel Seymour served during the Crimean War and was injured during the Siege of Sevastopol. He later commanded the British troops in Malta.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Sir Francis GH Seymour (1813-90)Army-GB-Infantry-Scots Fusilier Guards (1832-1877)17.2 x 12.1 cm (image)
37.4 x 31.3 cm (page dimensions)
Colonel Fr. Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards
Subject(s)
- 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
- Social sciences
