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JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

General Charles Auguste Frossard (1807-75)

1883 copy after 1854-6 original

Carbon 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.

  • Creator(s)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB-Engineers-Royal Military Engineers
    General Charles Auguste Frossard (1807-75)

  • 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)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Plastic arts
        • Numismatics
          • Medals
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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