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Record of historical events

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

JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

Major-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868)

1883 copy after 1854-6 original

Carbon print | 19.3 x 14.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500027

Photograph of Major-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan standing facing slightly right. He is wearing a long coat and is holding a handkerchief in his right hand. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph. Either the negative or the original print was retouched, particularly around the head.

Major-General James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava.
  • Creator(s)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 19.3 x 14.0 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Major-General Sir James Thomas, Earl of Cardigan, K.C.B., Inspector General of Cavalry, c.1856 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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