Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Field piece
1855Salted paper print | 14.0 x 19.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500418
Photograph of a line of horses pulling a field gun carriage. They are facing right with mounted troops marching in front of them. There is a long line of tents behind, with horses standing alongside. On the hillside behind there are a number of wooden huts and smaller tents.
Field guns, also known as field pieces, are movable artillery specially designed to support front line troops.
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
14.0 x 19.6 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Field Piece
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Gun Carriages
- Firearms
- Guns
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Engineering & Technology
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
