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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
UNKNOWN PERSON
Major General Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey (1803-81)
1854-6Hand coloured albumen print | 19.0 x 14.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500020
Hand coloured photograph of Major General Richard Airey standing facing slightly right with his left hand resting on his hip. He is wearing a long brown jacket and a blue and white check necktie.
Major General Richard Airey served as Quartermaster General during the Crimean War and was one of the senior officers accused of being responsible for the difficulties of the British troops in the Crimea, particularly during the winter of 1854-5.
Major General Richard Airey served as Quartermaster General during the Crimean War and was one of the senior officers accused of being responsible for the difficulties of the British troops in the Crimea, particularly during the winter of 1854-5.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
19.0 x 14.0 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Major General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.B., Quartermaster General [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)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Social sciences
