Corporal James Sinn

10" x 8" glass plate negative showing Corporal James Sinn standing, pointing his rifle to one side. He is wearing military uniform and has several items of kit strapped to his back.

Corporal James Sinn served with the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot during the Crimean War. Throughout the war Queen Victoria had taken an active interest in the welfare of the troops and on their return from the Crimea she met a number of the veterans at Buckingham Palace, Chatham Military Hospital and Aldershot Garrison. Following these meetings she commissioned a series of photographs of the veterans from the photographers Joseph Cundall and Robert Howlett. 

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 2500211).