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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Ready for the Trenches
1883 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print | 17.9 x 16.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500224
Photograph of a group of men of the 77th Regiment wearing winter clothes. Two men stand to the left holding long rifles and two men sit on the ground beside them to the right. They are wearing fur lined coats and fur hats. There is open land behind them. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
The 77th Regiment served in the Crimean War and fought in all of the major battles including the battles of Alma, Inkerman and Balaklava.
The 77th Regiment served in the Crimean War and fought in all of the major battles including the battles of Alma, Inkerman and Balaklava.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Infantry-77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot (1808-1881)17.9 x 16.6 cm (image)
29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Men of the 77th Regiment Ready for the Trenches
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Firearms
- Rifles
- Firearms
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- 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
