Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
CAROL SZATHMARI (1812-87)
Turkish infantry soldiers
1854Salted paper print | 26.9 x 20.9 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500618
Photograph of five Turkish infantry soldiers. Two are standing and three are seated. They are wearing military uniform and tassled caps and four are holding bayonets. To the left there is a pile of wood and other debris.
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.
Creator(s)
Carol Szathmari (1812-87) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Turkey-InfantryArmy-Turkey26.9 x 20.9 cm (image) (image)
Turkish infantry, Crimean War
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Firearms
- Guns
- Bayonets
- Firearms
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
