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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Sir George Brown and his staff

5 - 5 May 1855

Albumen print | 17.9 x 15.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2500360

Photograph of Sir George Brown (1790-1865) and his staff including Major Hallewell (1822-1869), Colonel Brownrigg, Colonel Airey (1803-1881), Major Pearson (1831-1890), Captain Markham (1830-1886) and Captain Ponsonby (1827-1868). Sir George Brown sits on a chair in the centre of the group with his head turned left and his arms folded. A soldier sits on the ground to the right and the other soldiers stand in a semicircle. They are all wearing military uniform and several wear bicorn hats. There is a pile of rocks and a hillside behind. 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)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    General Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey (1803-81)
    General Sir George Brown (1790-1865)
    Thomas William Markham (1830-86)
    Army-GB-Infantry-Coldstream Guards (1819-)
    Major Richard Lyons Otway Pearson (1831-90)
    Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallewell (1822-1869)
    Brownrigg, John Studdholme, General (d.1899)
    Ponsonby, Arthur Edward Valette, Captain (1827-1868)
    Army-GB-Grenadier Guards
  • 17.9 x 15.9 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Sir George Brown & staff

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Generals
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs