Artillery Field Forge, Aldershot c. 1857

Albumen print | 17.9 x 28.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2500839

Attributed to Corporal Church, Royal Engineers (active 1850s)

Artillery field forge. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s] c. 1857

Description

Photograph of a group of blacksmiths working around an anvil next to a pair of gun carriages. A man leans against the wheel of the carriage smoking a pipe. A horse stands in the background and kindling lies stacked in the foreground.

Provenance

Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
People involved

Creator(s)

Attributed to
Search the collection Corporal Church, Royal Engineers (active 1850s)
(photographer)

Acquirer(s)

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

Search the collection View the person page Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Army-GB

Search the collection Army-GB-Artillery Regiments
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Albumen print

albumen print

Measurements

17.9 x 28.4 cm (image)

37.4 x 44.5 cm (mount)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Great Britain
England
Hampshire [England]
Aldershot [Hampshire]
Aldershot Camp [Aldershot]
References

Alternative title(s)

Artillery field forge. [Boulogne and Aldershot, c. late 1850s].