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

JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)

Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar (1823-1902)

1854-6

Albumen print | 21.0 x 17.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500064

Photograph of Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar sitting facing partly right. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a sword between his legs. His cap is resting on a small table to the right which is covered by a patterned tablecloth.

Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar served in the British army during the Crimean War and later became the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Ireland.
  • Creator(s)

    John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Edward, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1823-1902)
    Army-GB-Infantry-Foot Guards (1st or Grenadier) (1819- )
    Army-GB
  • 21.0 x 17.5 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Colonel H.S.H. Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Grenadier Guards, Queen's Aide de Camp in 1855 & short time on staff of Lord Raglan, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs