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Roger Fenton
Captain Portal, 4th Light Dragoons, equipped for Balaklav
1855
Salted paper print
16.7 x 15.5 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2500452
LL/91042
Photograph of Captain Portal standing beside a horse. He is wearing a winter coat and smoking a cigar. A man stands by the horse's head wearing a fur hat, and another man stands to the right. There is open land behind. Captain Portal served with the 4th Light Dragoons during the Crimean War. In this photograph he is equipped to fight in the Battle of Balaklava.
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