Record of historical events
Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
Engineers at work, Boulogne
c. 1857Albumen prints | 21.8 x 29.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500813
Photograph showing carpenters at work between a hut and a pile of wood. Another pile of wood is visible in the background while debris, wood shavings, a couple of broken wheelbarrows and other pieces of wood piled together occupy most of the foreground.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-France-Infantry21.8 x 29.2 cm (image)
Engineers at work, 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
