Admiral of the Fleet Captain Sir John Edmund Commerell, KCB, VC, Royal Navy c.1873-4

Albumen print | 9.2 x 5.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500996

Royal Navy: Captain Sir John Edmund Commerell, Admiral of the Fleet, KCB, VC . . . [Portraits of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates engaged in Ashanti, 1873. Ashanti and Zululand portrai c.1873-4

Description

Photographic portrait: vignette; head and shoulders; full dress, epaulettes, chest full of medals; looking left.

Provenance

In the Collection of Queen Victoria
People involved

Acquirer(s)

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

Subject(s)

Search the collection Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Edmund Commerell (1829 -1901)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Albumen print

albumen print

Measurements

9.2 x 5.8 cm (image)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
photographs
Subject(s)
Social sciences
Military affairs
Military ceremonial
Decorations (military honours)
Victoria Cross (Decorations)
Genealogy and Heraldry
Orders (honour)
Order of the Bath (Great Britain)
References

Alternative title(s)

Royal Navy: Captain Sir John Edmund Commerell, Admiral of the Fleet, KCB, VC ... [Portraits of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates engaged in Ashanti, 1873. Ashanti and Zululand portraits, 1873 and 1879].