Photograph of Sir John Campbell (1807-1855) and his aide-de-camp Captain Hume (1825-1891) beside the entrance of a tent. Sir Campbell is seated holding a telescope with Captain Hume standing beside him to the left.

Sir Campbell was a senior military figure during the Crimean War who died during the Battle of the Great Redan.

Reproduced in Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from the Crimea, with an essay on his life and work / Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. London : Secker & Warburg, 1954, no. 50
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no.38.