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THOMAS RICHARD WILLIAMS (1825-71)

Soldiers from the Royal Marines who served in the Crimean War

1883 copy after June 1855 original

Carbon print | 10.2 x 12.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2500151

Photograph of five soldiers from the Royal Marines who served in the Crimean War. They are gathered on a street corner around a metal post, three standing and two sitting on the road. All are wearing military uniform and the Crimean Medal. A man wearing civilian clothes is standing to the far right, writing in a notebook. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

These soldiers were awarded the Crimean Medal by Queen Victoria on 18th May 1855 and were later photographed by T R Williams in Portsmouth.
  • Creator(s)

    Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71) (photographer)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

    Subject(s)

    Corporal William Chase (active 1855)
    Private Charles Fletcher (active 1855)
    Sergeant Henry Edsk (active 1855)
    Benjamin Bush, Private (fl.1855)
    Timothy Lyons Private (fl.1855)
    Navy-GB-Marines
    Royal Navy
  • 10.2 x 12.4 cm (image)

    29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • A group of Royal Marines, c.1855 [in Crimean Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Plastic arts
        • Numismatics
          • Medals
            • Campaign medals
              • Crimea Medal (1854-56)
      • Architecture
        • Buildings
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Naval Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Hampshire [England]
              • Portsmouth [Hampshire]
                • Portsmouth Dockyards [Portsmouth]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs