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

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Major Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet (1828-94)

1854-6

Salted paper print | 18.8 x 13.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500081

Photograph of Major Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet standing facing partly left with his right hand leaning on his sword and his left hand on his hip. He is wearing military uniform and a cap with a tartan band.

Major Sir John Dugdale Astley served with the Scots Fusilier Guards during the Crimean War and was badly wounded at the Battle of Alma.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 18.8 x 13.8 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Major John Dugdale Astley, Scots Fusilier Guards, 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)