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    WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE (1819-79)

    Wounded Scots Fusilier Guards who served in the Crimean War

    1883 copy after March 1855 orginal

    Carbon print | 11.7 x 14.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500132

    Photograph of a group of eight soldiers from the Scots Fusilier Guards who were wounded during the Crimean War. Four are standing and four are seated. All are wearing military uniform including winter coats and several are holding a stick. Part of Wellington Barracks can be seen behind. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph. Around the photograph there are handwritten notes identifying some of the men by name and army number and giving details of their injuries and how they were sustained.

    This photograph is one of the first portraits of wounded Crimean War veterans commissioned by Queen Victoria, and pre-dates Roger Fenton's arrival in the Crimea.

    • Creator(s)

      William Bambridge (1819-79) (photographer)

      Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)

      Subject(s)

      Private George Watt (fl.1855)
      Private George Biddelcombe (fl.1855)
      Private Edward Little (fl.1855)
      Private William McPherson (fl.1855)
      Private Francis Trainer (fl.1855)
      Private William Jay (active 1855)
      Private John Frederick LIlley (fl.1855)
      Private James Morgan (fl.1855)
      Army-GB-Infantry-Scots Fusilier Guards (1832-1877)

    • 11.7 x 14.6 cm (image)

      29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

    • Group of wounded Scots Fusilier Guards, c. 1855 [in Crimean War Crimean Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria

    • Subject(s)
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Industries, Crafts and Trades
          • Clothing
            • Costume
              • Uniforms
                • Military uniforms
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Greater London [England]
                • London [Greater London]
                  • City of Westminster [London]
                    • Wellington Barracks
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Architecture
          • Buildings
      • 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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