Mobile menu

Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events

Roger Fenton (1819-69)

Colonel Frederick George Shewell (1809-1856) 1855

Albumen print | 18.1 x 15.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500276

Your share link is...

  Close

Photograph of Colonel Shewell mounted on a horse facing left. He is wearing military uniform and has a sword attached to his belt. A campsite can be seen behind him to the right. During the Crimean War Colonel Shewell commanded the 8th Hussars.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)
    Army-GB-Cavalry-8th (King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons (1810-1824)
    Army-GB-Cavalry Regiments
    Colonel Frederick George Shewell, CB (1809-1856)
  • 18.1 x 15.5 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Col Shewell

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