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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 - 27 Apr 1855Salted 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)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Nubians14.8 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
- Animal husbandry
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
