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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)
Men's Barracks, Boulogne
c. 1857Albumen print | 19.0 x 29.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500808
Photograph of a view along a cobbled lane between two rows of thatched huts with soldiers of different ranks, including a drummer, working or standing in front of them. A man with spade and wheelbarrow is in the foreground.
Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-France-Infantry19.0 x 29.2 cm (image)
Men's Barracks, Boulogne. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s].
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Boulogne-sur-Mer [Pas-de-Calais]
- France
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
