Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly (1822-1888)
1855Salted paper print | 17.7 x 14.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2500563
Photograph of Lieutenant O'Reilly sitting facing partly left with his right arm resting on the table beside him. His left hand is on his knee and a sword rests between his legs. He is wearing full military uniform including medals and insignia. On the table beside him to the left there is a rolled document with a visible label which reads 'FORTIFICATIONS OF SEBASTOPOL, LIEUT. MONTAGU O'REILLY, R.N, H.M.S Retribution, January 6 1851'.
During the Crimean War Lieutenant O'Reilly was commissioned by the Admiralty to make a plan of the fortifications of Sevastopol.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Lieutenant Montagu O'Reilly (1822-88)Royal NavyRoyal Navy17.7 x 14.7 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Lieut Montague O'Reilly
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Genealogy and Heraldry
- Heraldry
- Insignia (heraldic)
- Heraldry
- 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
