Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget (1818-1880)
1883 copy after April 1855 originalCarbon print | 17.9 x 16.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500079
Photograph of Lord Paget mounted on a horse facing left. He is wearing military uniform and attached to his belt is a long sword. Another soldier, Colonel John Douglas, stands by the head of the horse facing right. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Lord Paget served in the Crimean War including during the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Lord Paget served in the Crimean War including during the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
17.9 x 16.5 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Colonel Lord George Augustus Frederick Paget,KCB, Commander of 4th Light Dragoons & Lieutenant Colonel John Douglas, KCB, Commander of the 11th Hussars
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- 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
