Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Sir John William Gordon (1814-1870) 1855
Salted paper print | 18.6 x 14.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2506584
Photograph of Colonel Gordon seated in a chair facing slightly left. He is wearing a peaked military hat and a cape. Behind him is open land and there is a cannonball to the right.
Colonel Gordon served with the Royal Engineers during the Crimean War and was badly injured during the Siege of Sevastopol.
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Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Major General Sir John William Gordon KCB, KH (1814-70)Army-GB-Royal Engineers -
18.6 x 14.1 cm (image)
37.4 x 31.3 cm (page dimensions)
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Colonel Gordon Royal Engineers
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Ammunition
- Cannon-balls
- Ammunition
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- 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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