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Record of historical events

Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion

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General Pierre François Joseph Bosquet (1810-1861)

1854-6

Salted paper print | 15.2 x 11.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500013

Half-length photograph of General Bosquet facing left with his right arm tucked into his jacket.

General Bosquet was a senior French military figure during the Crimean War and was involved in the Siege of Sevastopol and the Battle of Inkerman.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Pierre François Joseph Bosquet, General (1810-61)
    Army-France-Infantry
    Army-France
    Army-France-Maréchals des Logis
  • 15.2 x 11.6 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Mareschal Pierre Joseph Francois Bosquet [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs