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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

JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

Lieutenant-Colonel Paulett George Henry Somerset (1822-75)

1883 copy after 1854-6 original

Carbon print | 18.9 x 14.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500088

Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel Paulett George Henry Somerset seated in an armchair. His legs are crossed and his right arm is resting on the back of the chair. He is looking to the left. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

Lieutenant-Colonel Paulett George Henry Somerset served as an aide-de-camp to Lord Raglan during the Crimean War.
  • Creator(s)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

  • 18.9 x 14.2 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Poulett Somerset, KCB, Coldstream Guards, Aide de Camp to Lord Raglan, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)