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Roger Fenton
Colonel Francis Seymour (1813-1890)
1855 (taken) 1883 (print)
Carbon print
20.1 x 15.4 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2500080
LL/92180
Photograph of Colonel Seymour standing in front of a sheet of cloth with a wooden wall behind. He is wearing military uniform and a winter coat and is resting his right foot on a stone. He holds a sword in his left hand. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Colonel Seymour served during the Crimean War and was injured during the Siege of Sevastopol. He later commanded the British troops in Malta.
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