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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
Thomas Walker and Joseph Conolly
1883 copy after 1855-6 originalCarbon print | 14.5 x 11.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2500156
Both men were wounded during the Battle of Inkerman. Walker was shot through the top of the head and Conolly lost his right leg. They were among the wounded soldiers that Queen Victoria met at the military hospital at Chatham shortly after the war. Following her visits to the hospital she commissioned a series of photographs of the veterans.
Creator(s)
Attributed to Cundall & Howlett (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
14.5 x 11.7 cm (image)
29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)Thomas Walker, 95th Regiment, wounded top of head at Inkermann and Joseph Conolly, 46th Regiment, lost right leg at Inkermann. Seen by Queen Victoria at Chatham, c.1855 [in Crimean 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
- 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