Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
CUNDALL & HOWLETT
Sergeant William Russell
1883 copy after 1856 originalCarbon print | 22.3 x 17.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500187
Photograph of Sergeant William Russell standing in front of a gun carriage at Woolwich military barracks. He is wearing military uniform with the Crimean medal and has a rucksack on his back. There is a rifle with a flag attached in his left hand and his right arm is resting on the gun itself. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Sergeant William Russell served with the 5th Battalion of the Royal Artillery during the Crimean War. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Woolwich to welcome the Royal Artillery home from the Crimea and after their visit commissioned a series of portraits of the men from the photographers Joseph Cundall and Robert Howlett.
Sergeant William Russell served with the 5th Battalion of the Royal Artillery during the Crimean War. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Woolwich to welcome the Royal Artillery home from the Crimea and after their visit commissioned a series of portraits of the men from the photographers Joseph Cundall and Robert Howlett.
Creator(s)
Cundall & Howlett (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Artillery-Royal ArtilleryWilliam Russell, Sergeant (fl.1856)22.3 x 17.5 cm (image)
29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Sergeant William Russell, 5th Battalion, Royal Artillery, c.1856 [in Crimean Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Firearms
- Rifles
- Gun Carriages
- Firearms
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- Greenwich [London]
- Woolwich [London]
- Woolwich Arsenal [London]
- Woolwich [London]
- Greenwich [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Numismatics
- Medals
- Campaign medals
- Crimea Medal (1854-56)
- Campaign medals
- Medals
- Numismatics
- Plastic arts
- 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
