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

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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blane (1809-71)

1854-6

Albumen print | 18.7 x 13.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2500054

Photograph of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blane sitting in an armchair facing left with his left leg raised and resting on his right leg. His head is turned towards the camera and he is wearing checked trousers and a dark jacket. There is a handkerchief in his jacket pocket. 

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blane served as Military Secretary to General Codrington during the Crimean War.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blane (1809-71)
    Army-GB
  • 18.7 x 13.4 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Blane, CB, unattached, Assistant Adjutant General, c.1854 [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