Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Major-General Sir Harry David Jones (1791-1866)
1883 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print | 18.5 x 15.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500070
Photograph of Major-General Sir Harry David Jones standing facing right resting his left arm on a stone wall. He is wearing a peaked hat and holding a book in his right hand. There is a tree behind him to the left. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Major-General Jones commanded the Royal Engineer forces during the Crimean War and later became the Governor of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Major-General Jones commanded the Royal Engineer forces during the Crimean War and later became the Governor of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
Major General Sir Harry David Jones (1791-1866)Army-GB-Royal EngineersArmy-GB18.5 x 15.6 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Major General Sir Harry David Jones,KCB, Royal Engineers
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- 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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
