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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)

'L'Entente Cordiale'

1855

Albumen print | 16.7 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500383

Photograph of a group of British and French soldiers relaxing together. The men stand or sit in a loose line with the soldier in the middle sitting on a wooden barrel and pouring wine into the glass of the man standing beside him to the right. The soldier sitting to the far right is reading a newspaper and several are smoking pipes. All are wearing military uniform. There is a wooden hut to the right and two horses graze on the hillside behind them. British and French troops fought alongside each other in the Crimean War.
  • Creator(s)

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    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

  • 16.7 x 16.1 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • The Entente Cordiale

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Wine making
        • Wine
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
    • Organisation
      • Newspapers
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Domestic architecture
          • Huts
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)