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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 Sir William Eyre (1805-59)

1883 copy after 1854-6 original

Carbon print | 18.3 x 13.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2500023

Photograph of Major General Sir William Eyre standing facing slightly left. Two fingers on his right hand are tucked into his jacket and he is holding a sword in his left hand. He is wearing military uniform and there is a bicorn hat with a feather plume on the table behind him to the left. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

Major General Sir William Eyre served in the Crimean War and was injured during the Siege of Sevastopol.
  • Creator(s)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 18.3 x 13.9 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Major General Sir William Eyre, K.C.B., Commander of Brigade of 3rd Division and then of a Division [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)