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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Major Tinley and officers of the 39th Regiment

1855

Albumen print | 15.0 x 20.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500454

Photograph of Major Tinley and officers of the 39th Regiment. Two soldiers are mounted on horses facing partly left, with three men standing near them. All are wearing military uniform. There is a flagpole on the rocky land behind them. The 39th Regiment served during the Crimean War and fought in the Siege of Sevastopol.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Major Tinley
    Army-GB-Infantry-39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot (1808-1881)
  • 15.0 x 20.1 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Captain ? & officers of 39th

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
    • Genealogy and Heraldry
      • Flags
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs