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CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
Colonel's Barrack, Boulogne
c. 1857Albumen print | 20.0 x 30.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500807
Photograph showing the gable ends of two thatched cottages with a soldier standing in front of a thatched sentry box between them. The cottage on the right has the badge of the 63rd Regiment painted on its porch. More thatched buildings are visible on the hillside in the middle ground, descending towards the background.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-France-Infantry-63rd RegimentArmy-France20.0 x 30.0 cm (image)
Colonel's Barrack, Boulogne. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s].
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Boulogne-sur-Mer [Pas-de-Calais]
- France
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
