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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Cavalry Camp, looking towards Kadikoi
1855Albumen print | 27.7 x 33.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500501
Photograph of a cavalry camp, looking towards Kadikoi. In the foreground is the camp of the 11th Hussars. There are a number of wooden tents and huts, with soldiers and horses around them. The camp extends further into the valley and there are hills behind. On the top of the hill to the left there is another campsite.
Troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol camped in the surrounding countryside.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Cavalry-11th Prince Albert's Own Hussars (1846-1920)Army-GB-Cavalry Regiments27.7 x 33.3 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Cavalry Camp 11th Hussars in foreground
Subject(s)
- 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
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Physiography
- Hills
- Physiography
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences