Turkish infantry in the field

Photograph of four Turkish infantry soldiers. Three are standing and one is sitting on a chair, with the soldier to the left turned to face the others. All are wearing military uniform and holding bayonets, and the soldier to the left is wearing a rucksack. 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.