Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events
James Robertson (1813-88)
Cemetery 1855-1856
Salted paper print | 21.4 x 31.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500770
Photograph of the Haydarpaşa cemetery near the Scutari hospital complex at Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul). The gravestones, of different shapes and sizes, are spaced out in a grassy area. The corner of one of the barracks can just be seen to the left and there is a tree in the distance.
Several military hospitals were established by the British in the Scutari area of the city during the Crimean War. The Haydarpaşa cemetery was built nearby to bury the thousands of men who died in the hospitals during the course of the war.
Several military hospitals were established by the British in the Scutari area of the city during the Crimean War. The Haydarpaşa cemetery was built nearby to bury the thousands of men who died in the hospitals during the course of the war.
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Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Whitwell, John Herring (d.1855?)Army-GB-Royal EngineersCaptain Frederic Charles Belson (d. 1855) -
21.4 x 31.0 cm (image) (image)
31.9 x 37.1 cm (mount)
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Cemetery [title on contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
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From the collection of Queen Victoria
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Town planning, landscapes and gardens
- Cemeteries
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Funerary architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Town planning, landscapes and gardens
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- visual works
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