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Record of historical events

Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion

JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

Major Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse (1832-83)

1883 copy after 1854-6 original

Carbon print | 17.6 x 13.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500048

Photograph of Major Sir Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse standing facing right with his head turned slightly towards the camera. He is wearing a long coat and is holding a walking stick in his right hand. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

Major Maxse served during the Crimean War and was injured in the Battle of Balaclava. He later became the Governor of Newfoundland.

  • Creator(s)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 17.6 x 13.0 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Major Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse, Coldstream Guards, 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)