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JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)
General Charles Auguste Frossard (1807-75)
1883 copy after 1854-6 originalCarbon print | 20.7 x 15.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500039
Photograph of General Charles Auguste Frossard standing with his head turned slightly to the right. He is wearing military uniform with epaulets and a row of medals. He is holding a bicorn hat in his right hand and there is a sword by his left side. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
General Charles Auguste Frossard was a French soldier who fought in the Siege of Antwerp and in Algeria before serving in the Crimean War.
General Charles Auguste Frossard was a French soldier who fought in the Siege of Antwerp and in Algeria before serving in the Crimean War.
Creator(s)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Unknown Person (photographer)
20.7 x 15.5 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
General Charles Aguste Frossard, Engineers, Commander of the Engineers of 2nd Corps of Eastern Army, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Generals
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Numismatics
- Medals
- Numismatics
- Plastic arts
- Social sciences
