Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Major Hussey Fane Keane (1822-1895)
1855Salted paper print | 15.9 x 15.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500272
Photograph of Major Keane standing next to a horse facing right. He is wearing military uniform and is resting his left arm on the saddle. A wooden hut can be seen behind him.
Major Keane served in the Crimean War with the Royal Engineers.
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 124∗ [The Library of Congress version of this photograph is numbered '124∗' on the mount. In the exhibition, '124' is titled 'Distant View of Sebastopol, with the Mamelon and the Malakoff Tower...in the Middle Distance']
Major Keane served in the Crimean War with the Royal Engineers.
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 124∗ [The Library of Congress version of this photograph is numbered '124∗' on the mount. In the exhibition, '124' is titled 'Distant View of Sebastopol, with the Mamelon and the Malakoff Tower...in the Middle Distance']
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
15.9 x 15.1 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Major Keane RE
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- 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
