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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
English Batteries
1855-1856Salted paper print | 20.5 x 28.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500711
Photograph of the English batteries in front of Sevastopol. An earth wall reinforced with sandbags extends across the breadth of the scene. Cannons are spaced at intervals and there are piles of wood and ammunition behind. A number of soldiers are moving around the battery. Sevastopol can be seen in the distance to the right.
The Siege of Sevastopol lasted eleven months, with the allied British, French and Turkish forces eventually capturing the city on the 8th September 1855.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Artillery Regiments20.5 x 28.7 cm (image) (image)
31.8 x 37.8 cm (mount)
English batteries. [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
- Military architecture
- Forts
- Military architecture
- Architecture
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Fortifications
- Batteries (artillery)
- Arms (weapons)
- Cannons (weapons)
- Fortifications
- Military engineering
- Gunpowder
- Engineering & Technology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
