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

UNKNOWN PERSON

Major Richard Lyons Otway Pearson (1831-90)

1854-6

Albumen print | 18.7 x 14.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500062

Photograph of Major Richard Lyons Otway Pearson standing facing partly left. He is wearing military uniform and has a sword under his left arm and a hat in his right hand.

Major Pearson served with the Grenadier Guards during the Crimean War and later held a senior position with the London Metropolitan Police.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Major Richard Lyons Otway Pearson (1831-90)
    Army-GB-Infantry-Foot Guards (1st or Grenadier) (1819- )
    Army-GB
  • 18.7 x 14.8 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Major Richard Lyons Otway Pearson, Grenadier Guards, Brigade Major at Malta, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs