Colonel Charles William Ridley (1812-67) 1854-6

Salted paper print | 25.3 x 17.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500116

Unknown Person

Description

Photograph of Colonel Charles William Ridley standing facing partly right. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a sword in his left hand and a pair of gloves in his right.

Colonel Ridley served with the Grenadier Guards during the Crimean War, commanding several different battalions.

Provenance

Acquired by Queen Victoria
People involved

Creator(s)

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(photographer)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Major-General Charles William Ridley (1812-67)

Search the collection Army-GB-Infantry-Foot Guards (1st or Grenadier) (1819- )

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Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Salted paper print

salted paper print

Measurements

25.3 x 17.8 cm (image)

29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
Subject(s)
Science, Medicine and Technology
Engineering & Technology
Military engineering
Arms (weapons)
Side arms (weapons)
Swords
Social sciences
Military affairs
Wars, Campaigns & Battles
Wars
Wars of the nineteenth century
Crimean War (1853-1856)
References

Alternative title(s)

Colonel Charles William Ridley, KCB, Grenadier Guards, Commander of the 3rd Battalion, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

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