Record of historical events
Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Group of Croat Chiefs
1883 copy of March 1855 originalCarbon print | 19.3 x 15.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500179
Photograph of three Croat chiefs gathered in front of a stone wall. They are wearing warm clothes including fur coats and turbans. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
This is one of a series of photographs of soldiers who fought in the Crimean War in an album compiled by Queen Victoria. The album also contains photographs commissioned by The Queen of wounded veterans she met at Buckingham Palace and Chatham Military Hospital.
This is one of a series of photographs of soldiers who fought in the Crimean War in an album compiled by Queen Victoria. The album also contains photographs commissioned by The Queen of wounded veterans she met at Buckingham Palace and Chatham Military Hospital.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
Croats19.3 x 15.6 cm (image)
29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Croats
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Coats
- Fur-trimmed coats
- Coats
- Clothing
- 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
