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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Lieutenant-General Burgoyne and his aide-de-camp Lieutenant Stopford
1855Salted paper print | 21.9 x 17.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500553
Photograph of Lieutenant-General Burgoyne (1782-1871) and his aide-de-camp Lieutenant Stopford. Lieutenant-General Burgoyne is sitting to the left facing partly right. He is holding a sword in his left hand, which is resting between his legs, and a piece of paper in his right. Lieutenant Stopford stands facing him to the right with his hands resting on a sword. Both are wearing military uniform. They are standing on a patterned carpet and there is a plain wall behind them.
Lieutenant-General Burgoyne was the Inspector-General of Fortifications during the Crimean War. He later became the Commander of the Tower of London.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Sir John Fox Burgoyne (1782-1871)Stopford, Lieutenant (fl.1855)21.9 x 17.6 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Lieut Gen Sir John Burgoyne and Aide De Camp Lieut Stopford
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
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Europe
- 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
