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

ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Croat

Mar 1855

Albumen print | 18.2 x 15.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500344

Photograph of a male Croat sitting facing slightly right with a cloth backdrop behind him. He is wearing a long fur trimmed cloak and a hat. He holds an object, possibly a scroll, in his right hand.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Croats
    Army-Croatia
  • 18.2 x 15.0 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Croat

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs