Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Vivandière
5 - 5 May 1855Albumen print | 17.4 x 13.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500338
Photograph of a Vivandière attached to a Zouave regiment standing facing slightly left. She is wearing a tight fitting jacket and a skirt and apron with trousers underneath. There is a bag across her body and she is holding a stick in her left hand. There is a building behind her.
Vivandières, also known as a Cantinières, were women who travelled with the French army as canteen workers. They often wore a female version of the uniform of the regiment they were attached to.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
17.4 x 13.1 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Vivandière
Subject(s)
- 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
- Social sciences
