Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
Major Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse (1832-83)
1883 copy after 1854-6 originalCarbon 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)
Subject(s)
Sir Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Maxse (1832-83)Army-GB-Infantry-Coldstream Guards (1819-)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)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
