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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 | 23.3 x 29.8 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500712
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 along the wall and there are piles of earth and ammunition behind. Hills can be seen in the distance.
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 Regiments23.3 x 29.8 cm (image) (image)
31.8 x 37.3 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
