Turkish infantry

Photograph of five Turkish infantry soldiers. A soldier is seated at the centre with two soldiers standing to either side, the soldier to the far left standing with his back to the camera to show his rucksack. All are wearing military uniform and carrying rifles. There is a wooden door behind them and a metal railing to the right. There is an ornate border on the mount surrounding the photograph. Szathmari was one of the first war photographers, and the first to photograph the Crimean War. In the spring of 1854 he travelled to the area around the Danube and photographed the Turkish and Russian soldiers engaged in the first skirmishes of the war. He exhibited the resulting photographs at the Paris World Exposition of 1855 and presented copies to Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoleon III.