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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Volunteer class at Hythe. Load
Feb 1860Albumen print | 26.5 x 28.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2942143
Photograph of five men in uniform, standing with rifles, preparing to load. Part of collection of seventeen photographs (RCINs 2942127-43) taken at Hythe in 1860 by Fenton, who became a member of the Hythe School of Musketry and was placed in the 1st Section of Volunteers.
Creator(s)
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Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
26.5 x 28.2 cm (image)
Load. Hythe 1860
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Kent [England]
- Hythe [Kent]
- Kent [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Firearms
- Rifles
- Firearms
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- Places
