[Grenadier Guards Drummer], ca. 1856, Salted paper print from glass negative, Image: 23.1 x 17.4 cm (9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.), Photographs, Joseph Cundall (British, Norwich, Norfolk 1818–1895 Wallington, Surrey), This image of a young drummer is likely from the “Crimean Heroes” series commissioned by Queen Victoria at the conclusion of the Crimean War. While some portraits in the series show soldiers injured in battle, Allen (likely his family name, inscribed on the mount) stands proud and tall in his full regalia, seemingly innocent of the horrors of the Crimean War battles best recalled by Tennyson’s poem “The Charge of the Light Brigade
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Grenadier Guards Drummer, ca, 1856, Salted paper print, glass negative, Image, 23.1 x 17.4 cm, 9 1/8 6 7/8, Photographs, Joseph Cundall, British, Norwich, Norfolk, 1818–1895, Wallington, Surrey, image, young drummer, Crimean Heroes, series, commissioned, Queen Victoria, conclusion, War, portraits, soldiers injured, battle, Allen, family name, inscribed, mount, stands proud, tall, full regalia, seemingly innocent, horrors, battles, best, recalled, Tennyson, poem, Charge, Light Brigade
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