Colour Sergeant William McGregor 1856
Salted paper print | 22.4 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500206
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Photograph of Colour Sergeant William McGregor standing with his head turned slightly to the right. He is wearing military uniform with a medal and a bearskin hat. He is wearing a rucksack and is holding a rifle.
Colour Sergeant William McGregor served with the Scots Fusilier Guards 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.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Salted paper print
Measurements
22.4 x 16.1 cm (image)
29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
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Colour Sergeant William McGregor, Scots Fusilier Guards, c. 1856 [in Crimean Portraits 1854 - 1856]