Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Officers of the Welsh Regiment, with a goat
1855-1856Salted paper print | 23.1 x 28.4 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500649
Photograph of a group of soldiers of the 41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot gathered in front of a hut. Some are standing and others sitting with two men reclining on the ground in front of them. All are wearing military uniform and several are holding swords. There is a drum on the ground to the left with a goat beside it drinking from a bowl.
The 41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot served throughout the Crimean War and received battle honours at Alma, Inkerman and Sevastopol.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-GB-Infantry-41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot (1831-1881)23.1 x 28.4 cm (image) (image)
31.7 x 37.4 cm (mount)
Officers of the Welch Regiment. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
- From the collection of Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Goats
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Siege of Sevastopol, 1854-55 (Crimean War)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
