Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
General Pierre François Joseph Bosquet (1810-1861)
1855Albumen print | 18.2 x 14.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500329
Photograph of General Bosquet sitting sideways on a chair facing slightly right with his right arm resting on the back of the chair. He is wearing military uniform and insignia and holds a hat in his left hand. A tent can just be seen behind him.
General Bosquet was a senior French military figure during the Crimean War and was involved in the Siege of Sevastopol and the Battle of Inkerman.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Pierre François Joseph Bosquet, General (1810-61)Army-France-InfantryArmy-FranceArmy-France-Maréchals des Logis18.2 x 14.2 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
General Bosquet
Subject(s)
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
