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'
1855Albumen 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)
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
- Animal husbandry
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Wine making
- Organisation
- Newspapers
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
