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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Brigadier-General Henry Frederick Lockyer (1797-1860)

1855

Salted paper print | 16.9 x 14.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2506582

Photograph of Brigadier-General Lockyer seated facing slightly right in front of a wooden wall. He has a long sword resting between his legs and holds a cap in his left hand.

Brigadier-General Lockyer served during the Crimean War and later became the Governor of British Ceylon [Sri Lanka].
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Major General Henry Frederick Lockyer (d. 1860)
  • 16.9 x 14.2 cm (image)

    37.4 x 31.3 cm (page dimensions)

  • Major General Lockyer

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume
            • Uniforms
              • Military uniforms
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs

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