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Major George Macdonald Cruickshank c.1879
Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2501453
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Bust-length photograph of Major George Macdonald Cruickshank. He is looking to the right and is wearing a suit.
Major George Macdonald Cruickshank served with the Royal Engineers in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and was killed in action in August 1880.
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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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
8.5 x 5.7 cm (image) (image)
29.0 x 22.6 cm (page dimensions)
Alternative title(s)
Major Cruickshank, R.E., killed at Candahar, 16 Aug 1880.
