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Attributed to Corporal Church, Royal Engineers (active 1850s)
Artillery Field Forge, Aldershot c. 1857
Albumen print | 17.9 x 28.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2500839
![Artillery field forge. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s]](https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/2/224661-1319821522.jpg?itok=w1lLTYb6 "Artillery field forge. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s]")
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Photograph of a group of blacksmiths working around an anvil next to a pair of gun carriages. A man leans against the wheel of the carriage smoking a pipe. A horse stands in the background and kindling lies stacked in the foreground.
Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
17.9 x 28.4 cm (image)
37.4 x 44.5 cm (mount)
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Alternative title(s)
Artillery field forge. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s].
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