Shorncliffe 1864
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2017-09-7-1-92

Description

Group portrait photograph of 12 Grenadier Guards officers and one horse, taken at Shornclife, Kent, 1864. They stand in a line in a field dressed in a mixture of civilian clothing and undress uniform, with a horse in the centre. Barrack buildings can be seen behind them. The photograph has the names of the subjects beneath it. From left to right: Lt Robert Stopford Sholto Douglas, The Honourable William Henry Peregrine Carington, Col Charles Napier Sturt (with his arm around the horse’s neck), Capt Charles Wellesley Pakenham, Viscount Hinchingbrooke (Edward George Henry Montagu), Col George Wentworth Alexander Higginson, Capt Charles Fludyer, Capt Henry Osborne Gould, Lt Lord George Murray Pratt, Lt Joseph Henry Francis Hudson, Col Edward George Hibbert, Lt Alexander Caulfield. From an album of 202 photographs in the Grenadier Guards Photograph Archive compiled by or presented to Surgeon Major James John Marjoribanks Wardrop. The album is entitled: ‘Personal Album Surgeon Major Wardrup [sic], The Regiment, 1858-1868’, but covers the period 1854-1872. Mainly officers portraits. Grenadier Guards reference number 2.