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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)

Nubian servants with horses

27 Apr 1855

Salted paper print | 14.8 x 15.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500415

Photograph of two Nubian servants with horses. Both are holding the reins of a horse and are wearing traditional costume. A large campsite can be seen behind them. Nubia is a region along the Nile, which at the time was part of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Creator(s)

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    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

  • 14.8 x 15.3 cm (image)
    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Nubian Servants and Horses

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Travel Goods
          • Tents
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)