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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Lord Alexander Balgonie (1831-1857)
1855Albumen print | 17.7 x 11.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2500273
Photograph of Lord Balgonie standing in front of a cloth sheet hanging over a wooden wall. He is wearing a winter coat and holding a fur hat in his right hand and a sword in his left.
Lord Balgonie served in the Crimean War with the Grenadier Guards and died as a result of his injuries.
The photograph has been considerably cropped on the right edge of the print.
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 109.
Lord Balgonie served in the Crimean War with the Grenadier Guards and died as a result of his injuries.
The photograph has been considerably cropped on the right edge of the print.
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 109.
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
17.7 x 11.7 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Ld Balgonie
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
- 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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
