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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Sir George Brown (1790-1865)
1883 copy after the 1855 originalCarbon print | 16.7 x 14.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2500004
Photograph of Sir George Brown seated facing left with a wooden door behind him. He is wearing military uniform and holds his hat in his hands. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Sir George Brown commanded the Light Division during the Crimean War and later became the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Ireland.
Sir George Brown commanded the Light Division during the Crimean War and later became the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in Ireland.
Creator(s)
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Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
16.7 x 14.4 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
General Sir George Brown, G.C.B., Commander of the Light Division
Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- 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
- Social sciences
