Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Sir Robert Garrett (1794-1869)
1883 copy after April 1855 originalCarbon print | 15.9 x 14.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500096
Photograph of Brigadier Garrett mounted on a horse facing left. He is wearing military uniform and holds a sword in his left hand. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Brigadier Garrett served during the Crimean War and later became the Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong.
Brigadier Garrett served during the Crimean War and later became the Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
Subject(s)
Major-General Sir Robert Garrett KCB, KH (1794-1869)15.9 x 14.6 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Major-General Sir Robert Garrett, KCB, KH, Commander of Division in Crimea
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- 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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
