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JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

Lieutenant-Colonel Clement William Strong

1883 copy after 1854-6 original

Carbon print | 19.2 x 14.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500086

Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel Clement William Strong standing facing the camera. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a cap under his right arm. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

Lieutenant-Colonel Clement William Strong served with the Coldstream Guards during the Crimean War.
  • Creator(s)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Lieutenant-Colonel Clement William Strong (d. 1869)
    Army-GB-Infantry-Coldstream Guards (1819-)
  • 19.2 x 14.5 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Clement William Strong, Coldstream Guards, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs