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JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
General Lacy Walter Giles Yea and Lieutenant James St Clair Hobson
1883 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print | 19.9 x 15.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500118
Photograph of General Yea (1808-55) and Lieutenant Hobson (d.1855) standing beside a horse. General Yea stands to the left by the horse's head, turning to the right with his left hand resting on the saddle. Lieutenant Hobson, standing to the right, holds out a letter to him with his right hand and holds a sword in his left. Both are wearing military uniform and there is a wooden hut behind them. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
General Yea commanded the Royal Fusiliers during the Crimean War. Both men died during the attack on the Redan, 18 June 1855.
General Yea commanded the Royal Fusiliers during the Crimean War. Both men died during the attack on the Redan, 18 June 1855.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
19.9 x 15.2 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Colonel Walter Giles Lacy Yea, KCB, 7th Fusiliers and Lieutenant & Adjutant James St Clair Hobson, 7th Fusiliers, 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
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
