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Cundall & Howlett
Sergeant Major Edwards
1855-1856
Salted paper print, hand-coloured
The Royal Collection
RCIN 760203
LL/92177
Hand-coloured photograph of Sergeant Major Edwards standing with his arms folded and a cane tucked under his left arm. He is wearing red dress uniform with three medals and has a sword by his side. He is holding a pair of gloves in his left hand.
Sergeant Major Edwards had acted as Drilling Sergeant to the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred since 1852. After distinguished service in the Crimean War, which gained him the French Military Medal, he took part in the triumphant march of the Guards Regiments to Buckingham Palace on 9 July 1856, watched by the Queen and Royal Family. According to Queen Victoria's journal, 'Sergeant Edwards marched proudly at the head of the Regt., carrying a bouquet of roses.' He later became drilling sergeant to the younger royal children.
This photograph was copied and printed in carbon by Jabez Hughes in 1883 as part of the Queen's Private Negatives catalogues, QPN 875.
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