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MAYER & PIERSON

General Jacques Camou (1792-1868)

1854-6

Salted paper print | 21.3 x 15.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2500103

Photograph of General Jacques Camou standing facing forwards with a hat under his left arm. He is wearing military uniform with epaulets and insignia. The photograph has been signed by the photographer in the lower right corner.

General Jacques Camou commanded a division of French infantry during the Crimean War.

  • Creator(s)

    Mayer & Pierson (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    General Jacques Camou KCB (1792-1868)
    Army-France

  • 21.3 x 15.9 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • General Jacques Camou, Commander of an Infantry 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
    • Genealogy and Heraldry
      • Heraldry
        • Insignia (heraldic)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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