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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. The eighth section
Feb 1860Albumen print | 23 x 28.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2942132
Photograph of eleven men standing outside building by wall, in various dress or uniform. Named men: Captain Cole, Wethered (4th section), Rose, Sir H. Fletcher, Mole, Haward, Luard, Barker (4th section), Armitage. Part of collection of seventeen photographs (RCINs 2942127-43) taken at Hythe in 1860 by Roger Fenton, who became a member of the Hythe School of Musketry and was placed in the 1st Section of Volunteers.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Volunteer ForcesArmy-GBHythe School of Musketry23 x 28.8 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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- 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
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- photographs
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