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Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stewart Cleland (1840-81) c.1879
Albumen print | 13.7 x 9.3 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2501438
Unknown Person
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stewart Cleland (1840-81) c.1879
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Photograph of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stewart Cleland. He is standing with his right arm resting on the back of the chair beside him to the left. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a sword in his left hand. There is a helmet with a feather plume on the chair and a curtain draped behind him to the right.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stewart Cleland served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers.
This photograph comes from an album from Queen Victoria’s collection titled 'AFGHANISTAN AND EGYPT PORTRAITS 1879 AND 1882' (RCIN 2501413). The album contains photographs of British soldiers who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80) and Anglo-Egyptian War (1882).
Provenance
From the collection of Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
13.7 x 9.3 cm (image) (image)
29.0 x 22.6 cm (page dimensions)
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Alternative title(s)
Lt. Col. Cleland, 9th Lancers.
