This tinted photograph of a sergeant of the 71st (Highland) Light Infantry, photographed with his daughter, dates from around 1860.
71st Regiment of Foot - Framed coloured photograph of a Sergeant and his daughter, c. 1860
The invention of photography in the 1840s put keepsakes such as this within the range of people on limited incomes - those whose incomes would not have allowed them to purchase painted miniature portraits.
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