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 and his staff
5 - 5 May 1855Albumen 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 Guards17.9 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)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences