Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Artillery waggons, view looking towards Balaklava
1855Salted paper print | 25.1 x 34.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500565
Photograph of a military camp, looking towards Balaklava. In the foreground there is a row of wooden artillery waggons with horses grazing near them. There is a camp behind with wooden huts and tents, and more tents can be seen in the distance.
The troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol camped in the surrounding countryside, with ammunition and supplies brought to them from Balaklava by a purpose built railway track.
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
25.1 x 34.3 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Looking towards Balaklava artillery waggons in the foreground
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Artillery
- Arms (weapons)
- Vehicles
- Simple transport
- Wagons
- Simple transport
- Military engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Engineering & Technology
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology