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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)

Croats

1883 copy after March 1855 original

Carbon print | 18.8 x 15.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500225

Photograph of five Croat labourers gathered in a group. One man sits on the ground facing left and another stands behind him holding a stick, with the other three sitting around them. They are all wearing coats and headscarves. Behind them are buildings and people. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

    Subject(s)

    Croats

  • 18.8 x 15.6 cm (image)

    29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Croats

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Firearms
              • Rifles
    • People
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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