Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE (1819-79)
A Private of the Royal Horse Guards Blue
Mar 1855Wet collodion negative | 16.1 x 12.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2082362
6.5" x 4 ¾" glass plate negative showing a member of the Royal Horse Guards, known as 'The Blues', facing front and holding a rifle almost horizontally. He stands on a path cutting through flat grassy terrain with a large bare tree in the middle ground and a fence running along one side of the path; other bare trees in the background.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. Prints from this negative exist in the Collection (e.g. RCIN 2800727).
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. Prints from this negative exist in the Collection (e.g. RCIN 2800727).
Creator(s)
William Bambridge (1819-79) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Cavalry-Royal Horse Guards16.1 x 12.0 cm (whole object)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Firearms
- Rifles
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Cavalry
- Cavalry soldiers
- Cavalry
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
