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Sir George Brown (1790-1865)

1854-6

Hand-coloured albumen photograph | 26.1 x 20.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500003

Photograph of Sir George Brown seated facing slightly left, holding a letter in his right hand and with a table beside him to the left. He is wearing military uniform with insignia and has a sword by his side. There is a bicorn hat with a feather plume on the table. His face and elements of his clothing have been hand coloured.

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)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    General Sir George Brown (1790-1865)
    Army-GB-Generals
    Army-GB
  • 26.1 x 20.5 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • General Sir George Brown, G.C.B., Commander of the Light Division [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs