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Captain St John Thomas Frome c.1879
Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2501454
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Bust-length photograph of Captain St John Thomas Frome. He is looking to the left and is wearing the uniform of the 72nd Highlanders.
Captain St John Thomas Frome served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and was killed in action in September 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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Creator(s)
(photographer)Acquirer(s)
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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)
Captain Frome, 72nd Highlrs, killed in action, 1 Sepr 1880.
