Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Sir John Campbell and his aide-de-camp Captain Hume Apr 1855
Albumen print | 20.5 x 16.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500238
Photograph of Sir John Campbell (1807-1855) and his aide-de-camp Captain Hume (1825-1891) beside the entrance of a tent. Sir Campbell is seated holding a telescope with Captain Hume standing beside him to the left.
Sir Campbell was a senior military figure during the Crimean War who died during the Battle of the Great Redan.
Reproduced in Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from the Crimea, with an essay on his life and work / Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. London : Secker & Warburg, 1954, no. 50
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no.38.
Sir Campbell was a senior military figure during the Crimean War who died during the Battle of the Great Redan.
Reproduced in Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from the Crimea, with an essay on his life and work / Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. London : Secker & Warburg, 1954, no. 50
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no.38.
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Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Major-General Sir John Campbell of Ava, 2nd Baronet (1807-55)Hume, Gustavus, Sir, Major, Kt. (1825-1891)Army-GB -
20.5 x 16.3 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
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Sir John Campbell & Capt Hume his ADC
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
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
- visual works
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