Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
UNKNOWN PERSON
General Armand Octave Marie D'Allonville (1809-67)
1854-6Albumen print | 24.4 x 19.7 cm (image, oval) | RCIN 2500034
Photograph of General Armand Octave Marie D'Allonville standing facing slightly right with his hat underneath his left arm. He is wearing military uniform with epaulets and insignia. The photograph has been cut into an oval and there is a signature, probably the photographers, in the lower left corner.
General Armand Octave Marie D'Allonville served with distinction during the French conquest of Algeria and in the Crimean War.
General Armand Octave Marie D'Allonville served with distinction during the French conquest of Algeria and in the Crimean War.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
General Armand Octave Marie D'Allonville (1809-67)24.4 x 19.7 cm (image, oval)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
General Armand Octave Marie D'Allonville, Commanded Brigade of Cavalry of Eastern Army, 1854 & then 2nd Division of Cavalry, c. 1855 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
