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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Sir John Campbell and his aide-de-camp Captain Hume

Apr 1855

Salted 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)

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    Roger 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)
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