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Record of historical events

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

ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Discussion between two Croats

Mar 1855

Albumen print | 16.9 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500379

Photograph of two Croats sitting in front of a wooden building which is partially covered by a cloth sheet. The man on the right looks to the left and rests his right hand on the other man's knee. Both are wearing fur trimmed coats and hats and hold a stick in their left hand.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

  • 16.9 x 16.1 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Croats

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