Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
UNKNOWN PERSON
Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens (1809-55)
1854-6Hand-coloured albumen print | 17.7 x 14.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500031
Photograph of Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens, sitting facing right wearing civilian clothes. His right arm is resting on the back of his chair and he is holding a walking stick in his right hand. There is a small vase on the table behind him to the left and a top hat on the table behind him to the right. The area around his face has been hand coloured.
Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens served in the Crimean War, dying in Paris in 1855 of the injuries he had sustained at the Battle of Inkerman.
Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens served in the Crimean War, dying in Paris in 1855 of the injuries he had sustained at the Battle of Inkerman.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens (1809-55)Army-GB17.7 x 14.3 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens, K.C.B., Commander of Brigade of 4th Division, c.1855 [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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
