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JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)
Sir John Clayton Cowell (1832-94)
1883 copy after 1854-6 originalCarbon print | 19.8 x 15.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2500073
Photograph of Lieutenant Sir John Clayton Cowell of the Royal Engineers standing facing slightly left. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a bicorn hat with a feather plume in his right hand and a pair of gloves and a sword in his left. There is a chair to the left. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Lieutenant John Clayton Cowell fought during the Siege of Sevastopol as the aide-de-camp to Sir Harry Jones.
Lieutenant John Clayton Cowell fought during the Siege of Sevastopol as the aide-de-camp to Sir Harry Jones.
Creator(s)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
19.8 x 15.4 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Lieutenant John Clayton Cowell, Royal Engineers, ADC to Sir Harry Jones, Commander of Royal Engineers [in Crimean Officers Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Numismatics
- Medals
- Numismatics
- Plastic arts
- 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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
