Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Distant view of Sevastopol, with the Mamelon and the Malakoff Tower, the lines of Gordon's Battery in the middle distance
1855Albumen print | 24.9 x 34.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500515
Photograph of Sevastopol taken from a distance. There is a rock in the foreground to the left and open land behind, with trench lines running across it. The town and harbour of Sevastopol can just be seen in the distance.
The Siege of Sevastopol was a major component of the Crimean War, lasting from October 1854 to September 1855. The troops engaged in the siege camped in the countryside surrounding the town.
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
24.9 x 34.1 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Sebastopol Gordon's Battery & advanced trenches with left French attack in the distance from the look out in front of the mortar battery
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Waterway engineering
- Harbours
- Military engineering
- Fortifications
- Batteries (artillery)
- Mortar batteries
- Batteries (artillery)
- Fortifications
- Civil engineering
- Earthworks
- Trenches
- Earthworks
- Waterway engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- 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
