This website presents our knowledge and research on this important aspect of the Royal Collection. As of April 2026 it will not be regularly updated and new research on this topic will sit within the main website.

Record of historical events

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

ATTRIBUTED TO CORPORAL CHURCH, ROYAL ENGINEERS (ACTIVE 1850S)

School Rooms, Aldershot

c. 1857

Albumen print | 18.1 x 29.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500834

Photograph of a large wooden shed with a brick chimney at every corner in middle ground to the right, with two soldiers and two small children standing by its porch. Two identical buildings are behind this in the distance while a group of smaller wooden huts occupies the left hand side of the image.

  • Creator(s)

    Attributed to Corporal Church, Royal Engineers (active 1850s) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB
    Army-GB-Artillery Regiments
  • 18.1 x 29.0 cm (image)

  • School rooms, Aldershot. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s].

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Hampshire [England]
              • Aldershot [Hampshire]
                • Aldershot Camp [Aldershot]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Buildings for educational, scientific & cultural purposes
          • Schools
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs