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JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Walter Forestier Walker (1812-81)  

1883 copy after 1854-6 original

Carbon print | 21.1 x 15.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500121

Photograph of Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Walter Forestier Walker seated with his head turned slightly to the right. He is wearing military uniform with epaulets, a belt and three medals. He is holding a sword in his right hand and a pair of gloves in his left. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Walter Forestier Walker commanded the 1st Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards during the Crimean War and was badly wounded at the Battle of Inkerman.

  • Creator(s)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 21.1 x 15.8 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Colonel Edward Walter Forestier Walker, KCB, Scots Fusilier Guards, Commander of 1st Battalion, Scots Fusiliers, 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
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Plastic arts
        • Numismatics
          • Medals
            • Campaign medals
              • Crimea Medal (1854-56)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
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