Grenadier Guards mounting guard at Buckingham Palace 22 - 22 Jun 1855
Salted paper print | 11.8 x 14.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500172
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Photograph of Grenadier Guards who served in the Crimean War mounting guard at Buckingham Palace. There are around thirty soldiers standing in pairs facing left. They are wearing dress uniform and are carrying rifles. Buckingham Palace can be seen behind.
Throughout the war Queen Victoria had taken an active interest in the welfare of the troops and on their return to Britain she met a number of veterans at Buckingham Palace and at the military hospital at Chatham.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Salted paper print
Measurements
11.8 x 14.3 cm (image)
29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
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Grenadier Guards mounting guard at Buckingham Palace, 22 June 1855 [in Crimean Portraits, 1854 - 1856]