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James Robertson (1813-88)
General Lacy Walter Giles Yea and Lieutenant James St Clair Hobson 1883 copy after 1855 original
Carbon print | 19.9 x 15.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500118
James Robertson (1813-88)
General Lacy Walter Giles Yea and Lieutenant James St Clair Hobson 1883 copy after 1855 original
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Photograph of General Yea (1808-55) and Lieutenant Hobson (d.1855) standing beside a horse. General Yea stands to the left by the horse's head, turning to the right with his left hand resting on the saddle. Lieutenant Hobson, standing to the right, holds out a letter to him with his right hand and holds a sword in his left. Both are wearing military uniform and there is a wooden hut behind them. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
General Yea commanded the Royal Fusiliers during the Crimean War. Both men died during the attack on the Redan, 18 June 1855.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
19.9 x 15.2 cm (image)
29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
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Alternative title(s)
Colonel Walter Giles Lacy Yea, KCB, 7th Fusiliers and Lieutenant & Adjutant James St Clair Hobson, 7th Fusiliers, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers Portraits, 1854 - 1856]
