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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion

UNKNOWN PERSON

General Charles Lennox Brownlow Maitland (1823-91)  

1854-6

Albumen print, heavily retouched | 24.9 x 19.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500056

Photograph of General Charles Lennox Brownlow Maitland standing with his head turned to the right. He is wearing military uniform and his left arm is in a sling. His hat is on the table beside him to the left and there is a sword by his side.

General Maitland served in the Crimean War and was badly wounded at the Battle of Inkerman.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    General Charles Lennox Brownlow Maitland (1823-91)
    Army-GB
  • 24.9 x 19.2 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Lennox Brownlow Maitland, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General to the 4th Division, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Plastic arts
        • Numismatics
          • Medals
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs