Colonel Charles Wolfran Nugent Guinness (1839-94) c.1882
Albumen print | 14.2 x 9.2 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2501595
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Photograph of Colonel Charles Wolfran Nugent Guinness. He is standing looking slightly to the left holding a pair of gloves in his right hand and a sword in his left. He is wearing military Highland dress including tartan trousers. There is a bearskin hat on the ornately carved wooden sideboard to the left and a chair to the right.
Colonel Charles Wolfran Nugent Guinness served with the Seaforth Highlanders during the Anglo-Egyptian War.
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
14.2 x 9.2 cm (image) (image)
29.0 x 22.6 cm (page dimensions)
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Alternative title(s)
Lt. Col. C. Guiness