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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion

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Major Arthur Charles Greville (1827-1901)

1854-6

Salted paper print | 17.7 x 13.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2500092

Photograph of Major Arthur Charles Greville standing with his left arm resting on the chair beside him to the right. He is wearing civilian clothes.

Major Arthur Charles Greville served in the Crimean War on the staff of Sir George Cathcart.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 17.7 x 13.7 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Major Arthur Charles Greville, 60th Rifles, ADC to Sir George Cathcart in 1854 and to Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Bentinck in 1855, c.1854 [in Crimean Officers Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
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