NAM.1978-10-104-64

Photograph of Lt Col the Hon Edward Thomas Gage, Royal Artillery, standing in uniform in front of a wall, 1859 (c) - possibly taken in Corfu. His medals are pinned to his chest and he wears the distinctive Busby cap of the Royal Artillery. His left hand rests on the hilt of his sword which hangs from his sword belt. Underneath the photograph, a newspaper cutting from the Daily Telegraph of the 23rd May 1889 has been attached, announcing his death. From a photograph album of 83 photographs compiled for the Corfu Garrison Club by Capt Arthur E V Ponsonby, Grenadier Guards and presented by him on the garrison's departure to Deputy Commissary General Robert Grey Donaldson-Selby, 1859-1860.