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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion

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Colonel Sir Thomas St Vincent Troubridge (1815-67)

1854-6

Hand-coloured albumen print | 24.4 x 18.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500061

Photograph of Colonel Sir Thomas St Vincent Troubridge sitting in a wooden wheelchair facing left with his head turned towards the camera and his left leg crossed over his right. He is wearing military uniform and there is a bicorn hat with a feather plume on the table beside him. The photograph has been heavily hand coloured. 

Colonel Troubridge served in the Crimean War and was badly wounded at the Battle of Inkerman, eventually losing both legs.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 24.4 x 18.3 cm (image)
    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Colonel Sir Thomas St Vincent Hope Cochrane Troubidge, Bart, KCB, Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)