Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
UNKNOWN PERSON
Colonel Sir Thomas St Vincent Troubridge (1815-67)
1854-6Hand-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.
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)
Subject(s)
Sir Thomas St Vincent Troubridge (1815-67)Army-GB24.4 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
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- 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
