Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 to 1856 1854-6
Red leather album containing albumen, carbon and salted paper prints | 30.5 x 25.5 x 6.5 cm (album) | RCIN 2500000
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Red leather album with gold embossed three-line border around the edge and 'CRIMEAN OFFICERS' PORTRAITS 1854 TO 1856' stamped onto the cover and spine. The album contains 121 photographs of soldiers who served in the Crimean War, mostly British but some French. There is a handwritten index at the beginning and a page with a short biography before each photograph. Some of the photographs are by Roger Fenton. RCINs 2500001-2500121.
Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Red leather album containing albumen, carbon and salted paper prints
Measurements
30.5 x 25.5 x 6.5 cm (album)