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CUNDALL & HOWLETT

Three Soldiers of the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot

1883 copy after 1856 original

Carbon print | 18.7 x 23.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2500210

Photograph of three soldiers of the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot who served in the Crimean War. Standing from left to right are Sergeant John Geary, Thomas Onslow and Lance Corporal Patrick Carthay. All are wearing the uniform of their regiment with a rucksack and have a rifle with a bayonet attached tucked under their right arm. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

Throughout the war Queen Victoria had taken an active interest in the welfare of the troops and on their return from the Crimea she met a number of the veterans at Buckingham Palace, Chatham Military Hospital and Aldershot Garrison. Following these meetings she commissioned a series of photographs of the veterans from the photographers Joseph Cundall and Robert Howlett.

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Cundall & Howlett (photographer)
18.7 x 23.4 cm (image)

29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Sergeant John Geary, Thomas Onslow and Lance Corporal Partrick Carthay, 95th Regiment, c. 1856 [in Crimean Portraits 1854 - 1856]
Acquired by Queen Victoria
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- Science, Medicine and Technology
  
  Industries, Crafts and Trades
  
  Clothing
  
  Costume
  
  Uniforms
  
  Military uniforms
  
  Engineering & Technology
  
  Military engineering
  
  Arms (weapons)
  
  Firearms
  
  Rifles
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
  
  Plastic arts
  
  Numismatics
  
  Medals
  
  Campaign medals
  
  Crimea Medal (1854-56)
- Social sciences
  
  Military affairs
  
  Wars, Campaigns & Battles
  
  Wars
  
  Wars of the nineteenth century
  
  Crimean War (1853-1856)

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Three Soldiers of the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot

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