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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Encampment of the 71st Regiment at Balaklava, Commissariat Camp & co
1855Albumen print | 25.5 x 35.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2500496
Photograph of an encampment of the 71st Regiment at Balaklava Commissariat camp. In the foreground there are tents and wooden huts grouped together at the bottom of a hill, with soldiers standing around them in small groups. The encampment extends into the valley with large hills behind.
The troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol camped in the surrounding countryside, with ammunition and supplies brought to them from Balaklava by a purpose built railway track.
Creator(s)
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Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
25.5 x 35.3 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Camp of 71st at Balaklava with Commisnt Camp
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Balaklava [Sevastopol]
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Physiography
- Hills
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Travel Goods
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Dogs
- Animal husbandry
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- 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
