Piper David Muir

10" x 8" glass plate negative showing Piper David Muir standing, facing front, holding bagpipes with a flag attached. He is wearing Scottish military uniform including a kilt, sporran and fur hat. One of his hands is holding the hilt of his dagger.

Piper David Muir served with the 42nd (Royal Highland) 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 2500217).