Attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Field Marshal Sir Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792-1863) 1854-6
Albumen print | 19.4 x 15.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500029
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Photograph of Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde standing facing partly right. He is wearing a long coat with a sash and is holding a bicorn hat with a feather plume in his right hand and a sword in his left. The negative has been retouched, with two small hand painted forts added to the right.
Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde commanded the Highland Brigade during the Crimean War, and organised what came to be known as the 'thin red line' at the Battle of Balaklava.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Albumen print
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19.4 x 15.8 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
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Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.B., Commander of Brigade of 1st Division & then a Highland Division in Crimea [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
