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
1883 copy after April 1855 originalCarbon print | 19.7 x 17.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500030
Photograph of Sir John Campbell (1807-55) and his aide-de-camp Captain Hume (1825-91) beside the entrance of a tent. Sir Campbell stands to the left with Captain Hume sitting beside him holding a telescope. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Sir Campbell was a senior military figure during the Crimean War who died during the Battle of the Great Redan.
Sir Campbell was a senior military figure during the Crimean War who died during the Battle of the Great Redan.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
Major-General Sir John Campbell of Ava, 2nd Baronet (1807-55)Hume, Gustavus, Sir, Major, Kt. (1825-1891)Army-GB19.7 x 17.0 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Major-General Sir John Campbell, Baronet and Major Gustavus Hume, 38th Regiment, Deputy Adjutant, 3rd Division, 1855
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
