| 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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