Portrait of Colonel Alexander Gardner
Photograph
1863-1864 (made)
1863-1864 (made)
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Albumen print: a portrait of Colonel Alexander Gardner wearing a tartan outfit. The tartan of his suit and pagri (turban) is described as the tartan of the 79th Cameron Highlanders but it looks brighter. The feather in his pagri is an egret plume.
Object details
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| Title | Portrait of Colonel Alexander Gardner (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph; albumen print by Bourne and Shepherd portraying Colonel Alexander Gardner, India, in later life as Commandant of Artillery in the service of Maharajah Gulab Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, 1863-1864. |
| Physical description | Albumen print: a portrait of Colonel Alexander Gardner wearing a tartan outfit. The tartan of his suit and pagri (turban) is described as the tartan of the 79th Cameron Highlanders but it looks brighter. The feather in his pagri is an egret plume. |
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| Accession number | 52979 |
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| Record created | September 12, 2001 |
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