Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
General Sir Richard Airey (1803-81)
1883 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print | 19.3 x 16.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500111
Photograph of Colonel Airey sitting in an area of open land facing slightly right. He is wearing military uniform and a long sword rests on his left leg. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Colonel Airey served as Quartermaster General during the Crimean War.
Colonel Airey served as Quartermaster General during the Crimean War.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
General Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey (1803-81)Army-GB-Infantry-Coldstream Guards (1819-)Army-GB19.3 x 16.3 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
- 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
