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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Hardships in the Crimea
1855Albumen print | 17.6 x 16.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500388
Photograph of a group of soldiers gathered outside a wooden hut. In the centre of the group a soldier is sitting on a wheelbarrow leaning backwards and holding a cup in his right hand. To the left a soldier is sitting on a folding chair pouring a drink, and to the right a soldier sits on the ground holding forward a cup in his right hand. There are plates and bottles on the ground around them and three men are gathered around the doorway of the hut behind.
The men depicted are Captain John George Brown, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Low, and Captain George Thorne George of the 4th Dragoons.
The men depicted are Captain John George Brown, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Low, and Captain George Thorne George of the 4th Dragoons.
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
17.6 x 16.2 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Hardships in the Crimea
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- 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
- Science, Medicine and Technology