Glass plate negative c. 1860 - c. 1900

10.2 x 12.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2400606

Attributed to John Wesley Livingston (1835-1897)

Description

A 5 x4 glass plate negative of a gun barrel, flint lock and two bullets from the Battle on the Nive, near Bayonne, France, 12th December 1813. it was presented to Queen Victoria by Monsieur Laborde in 1889. Later sent to the Royal United Services Institute in 1903. Photographed for the Windsor Castle Inventory of Arms, Part 1, North Corridor, no.302 (RCIN 1122400).
People involved

Creator(s)

Attributed to
Search the collection John Wesley Livingston (1835-1897)
(photographer)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Royal United Service Museum
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

wet collodion negative, gelatin dry plate negative

Measurements

10.2 x 12.6 cm (whole object)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
negatives
glass plate negatives
Subject(s)
Science, Medicine and Technology
Engineering & Technology
Military engineering
Arms (weapons)
Firearms
Guns
Ammunition
Bullets
Social sciences
Military affairs
Wars, Campaigns & Battles
Wars
Wars of the nineteenth century
Napoleonic Empire Wars (1803-1815)
Peninsular War (1807-1814)

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