Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
UNKNOWN PERSON
Major-General Sir John Lysaght Pennefather (1800-72)
1854-6Hand coloured albumen photograph | 19.0 x 14.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500024
Photograph of Major-General Sir John Lysaght Pennefather seated in an upholstered chair facing partly left. He is wearing a dark overcoat and his hands are clasped together on his lap. His face has been hand coloured and there is an area of green paint to the left of his head.
During the Crimean War General Pennefather was responsible for the dramatic allied victory at the Battle of Inkerman.
During the Crimean War General Pennefather was responsible for the dramatic allied victory at the Battle of Inkerman.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Major General Sir John Lysaght Pennefather (1800-72)Army-GB19.0 x 14.1 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Major General Sir John Pennefather, K.C.B., Commander of Brigade then a Division in Crimea [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
