Summary

DescriptionPrivate Michael McNamara - 5th Dragoon Guards.jpg	Rough Rider Michael McNamara, Private, 5th Dragoon Guards. Just after the Crimean War, as part of a commissioned set of photographs taken at Aldershot for Queen Victoria. McNamara served at Sevastapol and Inkerman, as well as the charge of the Heavy Brigade in the Battle of Balaklava. He left service as a corporal in 1867.[1] From the collection of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Printed in carbon; 45.5 x 35.5 cm.
Date	1856, printed c. 1889-1891
Source	Page from a Catalogue of Queen Victoria's Private Negatives, Vol. III - Royal Collection Trust. Commissioned by Queen Victoria. RCIN 2931804
Author	Hughes & Mullins after Cundall & Howlett;[2] restored by Adam Cuerden      Description British Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC) Date of birth 8 June 1979 Location of birth United States of America InfoField See file page for creator info.
Other versions	File:Private Michael McNamara - 5th Dragoon Guards.jpg - Restoration (JPEG) File:Private Michael McNamara - 5th Dragoon Guards.png - Restoration (PNG) File:Private Michael McNamara - 5th Dragoon Guards - Original.jpg - Original (JPEG) See also: File:Private Michael McNamara (three-quarter length) - 5th Dragoon Guards.jpg - Variant photo.

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Licensing

(Using the last of the known contributors to have died)

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse The author died in 1921, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

Notes

1. ↑ South Florida Sun Sentinel
2. ↑ These are:
   • Cornelius Jabez Hughes (1819-1884)
   • Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) [Who operated the business on his own after Hughes' death]
   • Joseph Cundall (1818-1895)
   • Robert Howlett (1831-1858)