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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 originalCarbon 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.
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)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Military affairs
- Social sciences
