Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Church and Clock Tower
1855-1856Salted paper print | 22.3 x 28.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500662
Photograph of a church and a clock tower in Sevastopol. The church stands to the left, with wooden scaffolding around its onion shaped dome. The clock tower has columns at its base and mid way up the tower and is topped by a small viewing platform. There is a hillside behind.
After an eleven month siege the city of Sevastopol was captured by the allied British, French and Turkish forces on the 8th September 1855. The city was badly damaged during the siege, and many of the grandest buildings lay in ruins.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
22.3 x 28.7 cm (image) (image)
31.7 x 37.3 cm (mount)
Church and Clock Tower. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
- From the collection of Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Siege of Sevastopol, 1854-55 (Crimean War)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Architectural history
- Neo-Classical architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Christian church architecture
- Churches
- Christian church architecture
- Architectural history
- Architecture
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Construction
- Structural parts of buildings
- Roofs
- Domes (architectural)
- Roofs
- Structural parts of buildings
- Construction
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
