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

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Grenadier Guards mounting guard at Buckingham Palace

22 Jun 1855

Salted paper print | 11.8 x 14.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500172

Photograph of Grenadier Guards who served in the Crimean War mounting guard at Buckingham Palace. There are around thirty soldiers standing in pairs facing left. They are wearing dress uniform and are carrying rifles. Buckingham Palace can be seen behind.

Throughout the war Queen Victoria had taken an active interest in the welfare of the troops and on their return to Britain she met a number of veterans at Buckingham Palace and at the military hospital at Chatham.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 11.8 x 14.3 cm (image)
    29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Grenadier Guards mounting guard at Buckingham Palace, 22 June 1855 [in Crimean Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • London [Greater London]
                • City of Westminster
                  • Buckingham Palace
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)