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)
1854-6Albumen 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.
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-GB18.7 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
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
