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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Colonel Richard Wilbraham (1811-1909)
1855Albumen print | 18.6 x 15.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500261
Photograph of Colonel Wilbraham seated in front of a tent facing partly left. He is wearing military uniform and holds a sword in his left hand and a pair of binoculars in his right. A bag sits on the ground beside him to the right.
Colonel Wilbraham served as Adjutant General of the British forces during the Crimean War.
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 196.
Colonel Wilbraham served as Adjutant General of the British forces during the Crimean War.
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 196.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
General Richard Wilbraham (1811-1909)18.6 x 15.8 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Col Wilbraham
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Precision mechanisms & instruments
- Binoculars
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Containers
- Bags (containers)
- Military engineering
- 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
