Unnamed soldier, 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot, 1855 (c)

Hand-coloured ambrotype photograph, 1850-1859 (c). Gilt metal and glazed frame set into a leather holder.

Portrait of a soldier of the 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot at about the time of the Crimean War (1854-1856), wearing a scarlet tunic, a forage cap with the regimental number '77' in the centre, and a white waist belt with gilt clasp.