Collection: An Officer's Life (Part 2): Allenby, E allenby-5-2-00078-48813
Description
Photograph of two helmeted riders mounted on horseback engaged in sporting combat with swords, audience in distance, titled, 'Mounted Sports. Preston Barracks, Brighton. 1893'. From a photograph album compiled by Edmund Allenby. (Allenby 5/2)
Collection
An Officer's Life (Part 2): Allenby, E
Description
This second batch of photographs from an album belonging to Edmund Allenby provides a revealing insight into the personal life of an Army officer in the 1890s - showing Allenby relaxing with friends in Scotland and amateur dramatics amid the ruins of ancient Egypt. It also includes examples of Army…
Collection Terms & Categories
- War/Campaign/Operation: Peacetime
- Africa: Africa - Northern
- Region: Europe
- Country: South Africa
- Theme (Main): Cultures & Customs
- Theme (Main): Daily Life
- Theme (Main): Empire & Commonwealth
- Theme (Main): Natural World
- Subject: Animals & The Natural World
- Subject: Archaeology
- Subject: Civilians & Civ-Mil Relations
- Subject: Family & Home
- Subject: Naval, Sea & Ships
- Subject: Sport & Recreation
- Subject: Women & Society
- Item: Photographic (album)
- Information: Visual
