Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)
Sir George Cathcart (1794-1854)
1883 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print | 17.9 x 15.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500010
Photograph of a bust-length drawing of Sir George Cathcart, looking to the left and wearing civilian dress. The drawing is surrounded by an oval border. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Sir George Cathcart served in the Battle of Waterloo and in the Crimean War, where he was killed at the Battle of Inkerman.
Sir George Cathcart served in the Battle of Waterloo and in the Crimean War, where he was killed at the Battle of Inkerman.
Creator(s)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
Sir George Cathcart (1794-1854)Army-GB-Generals17.9 x 15.0 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Major-General the Hon Sir George Cathcart, K.C.B., Commander of the 4th 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)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Art
- Drawings
- Art
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
