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 originalCarbon 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.
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
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- 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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
