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Roger Fenton (1819-69)

Cavalry Camp, looking towards the Plateau of Sevastopol 1855

Salted paper print | 18.7 x 25.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2500483

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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)

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    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

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
    Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Ukraine
          • Crimea
            • Sevastopol [Crimea]
      • Physiography
        • Plains
        • Hills
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Cavalry
          • Cavalry soldiers
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
            • Cavalry horses
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Travel Goods
          • Tents
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Domestic architecture
          • Huts