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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Colonel Wood and Major Stuart Wortley, on the staff of Sir Richard England

1855

Salted paper print | 6.3 x 8.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500558

Photograph of Colonel Wood and Major Stuart Wortley standing by the entrance of a stone hut with another officer seated on a wooden stool beside them. The door of the hut is open behind them and grass is growing on the roof. There is a dog in front of them and a horse in the distance to the left. Colonel Wood and Major Stuart Wortley were both on the staff of Sir Richard England during the Crimean War.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Wood, Colonel (fl.1855)
    Wortley, Archibald Henry Plantagenet Stuart (fl.1855)
    Army-GB-Cavalry-1st (or King's) Dragoon Guards (1846-1920)
    Army-GB-Cavalry Regiments
  • 6.3 x 8.7 cm (image) (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Colonel Wood & Major Stuart Wortley

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Dogs
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Ukraine
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs