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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Colonel Low and a servant
1855Salted paper print | 17.6 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500366
Photograph of Colonel Alexander Low (1817-1904) standing beside a horse facing left with his right arm resting on the horse's back. He is wearing a long fur coat and hat and smoking a cigar. A servant, also wearing a fur coat, stands to the left holding the reins. There is a group of tents and a hillside behind.
Colonel Low served with the 4th Light Dragoons during the Crimean War and fought in the Battle of Balaklava, riding in the Charge of the Light Brigade, and the Siege of Sevastopol.
Colonel Low served with the 4th Light Dragoons during the Crimean War and fought in the Battle of Balaklava, riding in the Charge of the Light Brigade, and the Siege of Sevastopol.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Cavalry RegimentsGeneral Alexander Low (1817-1904)Army-GB-Cavalry-4th (The Queen's Own Light) Dragoons (1848-1861)17.6 x 16.1 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Colonel Lowe 4th Lt Dr
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
