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Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71)
Gunner Samuel Smith and Bombardier William Hewlett of the Royal Marine Artillery 1883 copy after June 1855 original
Carbon print | 11.5 x 10.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500152
Photograph of Gunner Samuel Smith and Bombadier William Hewlett of the Royal Marine Artillery. Smith is sitting on a pile of cannonballs with Hewlett standing beside him to the right. Both are wearing military uniform and the Crimean medal. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
These soldiers were awarded the Crimean Medal by Queen Victoria on 18th May 1855 and were later photographed by T R Williams in Portsmouth.
These soldiers were awarded the Crimean Medal by Queen Victoria on 18th May 1855 and were later photographed by T R Williams in Portsmouth.
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Creator(s)
Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71) (publisher)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Artillery-Royal Marine ArtillerySamuel Smith (fl.1855)William Hewlett, Bomadier (fl.1855) -
11.5 x 10.6 cm (image)
29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
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2 men of the Royal Marines Artillery, c.1855 [in Crimean Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
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Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Numismatics
- Medals
- Campaign medals
- Crimea Medal (1854-56)
- Campaign medals
- Medals
- Numismatics
- Plastic arts
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Ammunition
- Cannon-balls
- Ammunition
- 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
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Hampshire [England]
- Portsmouth [Hampshire]
- Portsmouth Dockyards [Portsmouth]
- Portsmouth [Hampshire]
- Hampshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- visual works
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