Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Colonel Richard Wilbraham (1811-1909)
1883 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print | 20.1 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500099
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. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Colonel Wilbraham served as Adjutant General of the British forces during the Crimean War.
Colonel Wilbraham served as Adjutant General of the British forces during the Crimean War.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
General Richard Wilbraham (1811-1909)20.1 x 16.1 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Colonel Richard Wilbraham, KCB, unattached, Assistant Adjutant General at Dover
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
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
