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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 Sir Harry David Jones (1791-1866)

1883 copy after 1854-6 original

Carbon print | 9.2 x 9.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500071

Photograph of Major-General Sir Harry David Jones seated with his legs crossed. He is wearing military uniform and there is foliage behind. 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.
  • Creator(s)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 9.2 x 9.0 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Major General Sir Harry David Jones,KCB, Royal Engineers, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • 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)