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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Officers of the 71st Regiment including Captain Mcdonnell
1855Albumen print | 16.5 x 15.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500417
Photograph of a group of officers of the 71st Regiment, including Captain McDonnell. They are standing, sitting and lying in a group and most are wearing the tartan trousers of the regiment. There is a bottle and several glasses on the ground in front of them and two are smoking long pipes. Behind them is a wooden hut and a number of tents.
The 71st Highlanders served during the Crimean War and fought in the Siege of Sevastopol.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Macdonell, John Ignatius (fl.1855)Army-GB-Infantry-71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) (1810-1881)16.5 x 15.3 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Officers of the 71st with Captain McDonnell
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- 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
