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Record of historical events

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

NADAR (1820-1910)

General Edmund Le Bouef (1809-88)

1883 copy after 1854-6 original

Carbon print | 18.1 x 13.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500074

Photograph of General Edmund Le Bouef standing facing slightly left. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a cap in his right hand and a pair of gloves in his left. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

General Edmund Le Bouef was a French military figure who served in Algeria and then the Crimean War.
  • Creator(s)

    Nadar (1820-1910) (photographer)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

    Subject(s)

    General Edmund Le Bouef (1809-88)
    Army-GB-Artillery Regiments
  • 18.1 x 13.5 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • General Edmond Le Boeuf,Commander of Artillery of 1st Corps from 1855, 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
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
    • 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