Zouaves

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Zouaves

iBase ID

232363

Reference identifier

NLA20110105055

Title

Zouaves

Place

Sevastopol, Ukraine

General notes

The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army serving between 1830 and 1962 and linked to French North Africa. By 1853, the French Army included three regiments of zouaves. Each of the three line regiments of zouaves was allocated to a different province of Algeria, where their depots and peace-time garrisons were located. The Crimean War was the first service which the regiments saw outside Algeria.

From the folio album of salt paper prints "Incidents of Camp Life: Photographs of the seat of war in the Crimea" by Roger Fenton R.A. Published by Thomas Agnew and Sons (Manchester) 1856. Roger Fenton (1819 - 1869) is acknowledged as the first war photographer for his images of the Crimea taken in 1855.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Sepia

Original image size

15 x 15cm to 15 x 30cm

Year of image

1855

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Subjects

HISTORY > Nineteenth Century

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