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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Colonel Jean Pierre Vico

1855

Salted paper print | 18.4 x 15.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2506593

Photograph of Colonel Vico standing in front of a building with his left elbow resting on a wall. He is wearing military uniform and holds a sword in his left hand and a pair of gloves and a small book in his right.

Colonel Vico was a French soldier who was attached to the British Headquarters during the Crimean War.

Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 197

  • Creator(s)

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    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

  • 18.4 x 15.1 cm (image)

    37.4 x 31.3 cm (page dimensions)

  • Colonel Vico

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
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