Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Camp at Sevastopol
1855-1856Salted paper print | 19.4 x 24.6 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500675
Photograph of a military camp at Sevastopol. In the foreground there is a pool of water surrounded by a stone wall. On the slightly higher ground behind there is a large camp made up of tents, small stone buildings and wooden huts. There are hills in the distance.
Troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol camped in the countryside surrounding the town.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB19.4 x 24.6 cm (image) (image)
35.9 x 32.0 cm (mount)
Camp at Sebastopol. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
- From the collection of Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Siege of Sevastopol, 1854-55 (Crimean War)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
