Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Cavalry Camp, looking towards the Plateau of Sevastopol
1855Salted paper print | 18.7 x 25.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2500483
Photograph of the cavalry camp, looking towards the plateau of Sevastopol. There are tents and wooden huts on the hillside and clothes drying on the ground in the foreground. Another camp can be seen on the hillside behind.
Cavalry regiments played an important role in the Crimean War, and participated in many of the major events including the Charge of the Light Brigade.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
18.7 x 25.9 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Cavalry Camp looking towards the plateau of Sebastopol
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Cavalry
- Cavalry soldiers
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Cavalry
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Cavalry horses
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Geography
- Physiography
- Plains
- Hills
- Physiography
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
