Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Serjeants of West Indian regiments at Hythe
Feb 1860Albumen print | 24.7 x 29 cm (image) | RCIN 2942128
Photograph of six men, five of them in same uniform, performing an exercise, from the West Indian regiments at Hythe. Part of collection of seventeen photographs (RCINs 2942127-43) taken at Hythe in 1860 by Roger Fenton, who became a member of the Hythe School of Musketry and was placed in the 1st Section of Volunteers.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Volunteer ForcesArmy-GB-West African RegimentArmy-GBHythe School of MusketryArmy-West Indian Regiment24.7 x 29 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Kent [England]
- Hythe [Kent]
- Kent [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Firearms
- Rifles
- Firearms
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places