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, church parade
1855Salted paper print | 26.8 x 35.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500506
Photograph of a cavalry church parade during the Crimean War. The photograph is taken from a high vantage point in a valley and shows tents camped on the hillside and at the base of the hill. In the foreground to the right there are several horses. The parade is taking place in the flattest part of the valley, with the soldiers arranged in a square formation.
Troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol camped in the surrounding countryside.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Cavalry Regiments26.8 x 35.1 cm (image)
44.3 x 57.0 cm (mount)
Cavalry Church Parade
- Acquired by Edward VII when Prince of Wales
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Physiography
- Hills
- Physiography
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
