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CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
Lieutenant Colonel's Hut and the Generals' Quarters, Boulogne
c. 1857Albumen print | 18.2 x 28.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500823
Photograph showing, in the foreground, a thatched hut across a lane with two men sitting next to its porch (Lieutenant Colonel's Hut) and two other huts in the middle ground to the right. In the background is a group of large buildings, including a tall turreted one on the right (the Generals' Quarters) and a three-storey mansion house in the centre.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-France-Infantry18.2 x 28.6 cm (image)
1. Lieut-Colonel's Hut; 2. The General's Quarters. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s].
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Boulogne-sur-Mer [Pas-de-Calais]
- France
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
