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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Cossack Bay Balaklava
Mar 1855Albumen print | 26.8 x 35.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500498
Photograph of Cossack Bay, Balaklava. In the foreground there is a long building with a tiled roof, with cattle in a pen beside it. By the edge of the water there is a row of small tents and several piles of wood. There is a sign reading 'CATTLE PIER' on the side of a building to the left. In the harbour behind there are a number of ships, some anchored by the quayside and others further out. There are hills in the background.
The British used the town of Balaklava as a base during the Crimean War. They received their supplies through the small port and transported them by rail to troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol.
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
26.8 x 35.6 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Cossack Bay, Balaklava
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Balaklava [Sevastopol]
- Cossacks Bay [Balaklava]
- Balaklava [Sevastopol]
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Physiography
- Hills
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Cattle & oxen
- Animal husbandry
- Engineering & Technology
- Waterway engineering
- Harbours
- Vessels (marine)
- Ships
- Waterway engineering
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Buildings
- Architecture
- 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
- Places