Crimean Braves — Men of the Trenches and Battlefields in the Crimea

1856

Joseph Cundall and Robert Howlett

Associated Names
Joseph Cundall

Artist, British, 1818 - 1895

Robert Howlett

Artist, British, 1831 - 1858

Photo-Galvano-Graphic Company

Printer, British, 1856 - 1857

The image shows three men in military uniforms, seated closely together. Each man is holding a rifle, with a third rifle resting horizontally across their laps. The central figure appears slightly taller and further back than the other two. All three have full beards. The central man wears a fur hat, while the others have shorter hair. They have buttons, sashes, and multiple medals on their chests. Belts and one man's ammunition pouches are visible. The setting seems to be indoors, with a plain backdrop and a fragment of a wall or pillar on the left side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogalvanograph

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 × 19.8 cm (9 5/8 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 55.8 × 37.9 cm (21 15/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.33.4

  • Portfolio Title

    Photographic Art Treasures

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ken and Jenny Jacobson, Essex, England); (Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York); NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • Etched by Light: Photogravures from the Collection, 1840 – 1940, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023 - 2024

Inscriptions

printed below image in black ink: Photographed from the Life by Cundall and Howlett by Command of Her Majesty / Crimean Braves____Men of the Trenches and Battle fields in the Crimea / Coldstream guards____Privates. / Proof Engraved on Copper by Voltaic Electricity printed with Printers Ink in the ordinary manner. / Published Jan.y 1857 by the Photo Galvano Company____London. Printed by R.Holdgate; embossed with printer’s stamp, lower center of sheet: THE PATENT PHOTO GALVANO GRAPHIC COMPANY / HOLLOWAY / LONDON; by unknown hand, upper left corner, in graphite: P 18 [18 is circled]; on verso, top right corner: EC No 19; lower left corner: 300122.0001

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