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Record of historical events

Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion

ATTRIBUTED TO CORPORAL CHURCH, ROYAL ENGINEERS (ACTIVE 1850S)

Stabling, Aldershot

c. 1857

Albumen print | 17.5 x 29.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500835

Photograph of a long marquee with birch brush sides and a canvas roof with, immediately in front of it, a sentry box and a pair of tepees. There is a horse and some soldiers next to them. Another tepee is on the extreme right. Piles of earth in the foreground.

  • Creator(s)

    Attributed to Corporal Church, Royal Engineers (active 1850s) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB
    Army-GB-Artillery Regiments
  • 17.5 x 29.0 cm (image)

  • Stabling, Aldershot. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s].

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Hampshire [England]
              • Aldershot [Hampshire]
                • Aldershot Camp [Aldershot]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Domestic architecture
          • Stables
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs