Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Sir John Campbell and his aide-de-camp Captain Hume
Apr 1855Salted paper print | 18.2 x 15.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2506575
Photograph of Sir John Campbell (1807-1855) and his aide-de-camp Captain Hume (1825-1891) beside the entrance of a tent. Sir Campbell stands to the left with Captain Hume sitting beside him holding a telescope.
Sir Campbell was a senior military figure during the Crimean War who died during the Battle of the Great Redan.
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
18.2 x 15.4 cm (image)
37.4 x 31.3 cm (page dimensions)
CAPTAIN HUME, A.D.C / Lieut. Genl. Sir John Campbell
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
