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

ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Mr Angell

1855

Albumen print | 18.8 x 16.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500304

Photograph of Thomas Angell standing in the doorway of a building with the wooden door to the left. He holds a hat in his right hand and rests his left hand on his hip.

Mr Angel held the position of Postmaster during the Crimean War.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Thomas Angell (active 1855)
  • 18.8 x 16.0 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Mr Angell Postmaster

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Buildings
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs