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JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)
General Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame (1812-84)
1883 copy after an 1854-6 originalCarbon print | 19.6 x 13.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2500047
Photograph of General Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame seated in an armchair facing partly left. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a sword. There is a hat and a pair of gloves on the table beside him. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
General Cunynghame served during the Crimean War and fought in many of the major battles including the Battle of Inkerman and the Siege of Sevastopol.
General Cunynghame served during the Crimean War and fought in many of the major battles including the Battle of Inkerman and the Siege of Sevastopol.
Creator(s)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame, General, GCB (1812-84)19.6 x 13.7 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Major General Augustus Thurlow Cunynghame, GCB, Quarter Master General to 1st Division, 1854 then Major General on Staff (Turkish contingent) 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
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
