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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Lieutenant-Colonel Munro and officers of the 39th Regiment
1855Albumen print | 15.7 x 16.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500457
Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel Munro (1818-1880) and officers of the 39th Regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel Munro stands at the centre of the group looking slightly left, with two officers standing on either side of him. One officer is lying on the ground to the left. All are wearing military uniform and carry guns. There are three wooden huts in a row behind them.
Throughout his military career Lieutenant-Colonel Munro was a keen botanist, and he sent specimens collected in the Crimea to Queen Victoria.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Munro, William, Lieutenant-Colonel (1818-1880)Army-GB-Infantry-39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot (1808-1881)15.7 x 16.2 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Liuet Colonel Munro and officers of the 39th Regiment
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Firearms
- Rifles
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
