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

ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Major Philip Gosset Pipon

1855

Salted paper print | 13.8 x 8.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500281

Photograph of Major Pipon standing in a campsite with a tent just visible behind him. He is wearing military uniform and holds a riding crop, bag and sword in his left hand. Major Pipon served during the Crimean War with the Royal Artillery.
  • Creator(s)

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    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

  • 13.8 x 8.2 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Major Pipon RA

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
        • Travel Goods
          • Tents
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)