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Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens (1809-55) 1854-6
Hand-coloured albumen print | 17.7 x 14.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500031
Unknown Person
Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens (1809-55) 1854-6
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Photograph of Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens, sitting facing right wearing civilian clothes. His right arm is resting on the back of his chair and he is holding a walking stick in his right hand. There is a small vase on the table behind him to the left and a top hat on the table behind him to the right. The area around his face has been hand coloured.
Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens served in the Crimean War, dying in Paris in 1855 of the injuries he had sustained at the Battle of Inkerman.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured albumen print
Measurements
17.7 x 14.3 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
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Alternative title(s)
Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens, K.C.B., Commander of Brigade of 4th Division, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers' Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
