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Wounded Coldstream Guards who served in the Crimean War
Mar 1855Salted paper print | 11.6 x 14.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500136
Photograph of a group of seven soldiers from the Coldstream Guards who were wounded during the Crimean War. Four are standing and three are seated. All are wearing military uniform including winter coats. Several are holding a stick or have a wounded arm. Part of Wellington Barracks can be seen behind them. Below the photograph there are handwritten numbers identifying the men as the same as those listed around the photograph above this on the page. Some damage to the negative is visible in the printing out.
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 (1820-79) (photographer)
11.6 x 14.5 cm (image)
29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Group of wounded Coldstream 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
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster
- Wellington Barracks
- City of Westminster
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Buildings
- Architecture
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology