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

JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)

General Lacy Walter Giles Yea and Lieutenant James St Clair Hobson

1883 copy after 1855 original

Carbon 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.
  • 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
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)