Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Entrance to Balaklava
1855-1856Salted paper print | 23.5 x 28.8 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500730
Photograph of the entrance to the harbour at Balaklava. Ships with tall masts are docked along each side of the entrance to the harbour, and more densely inside it. Behind the harbour are the buildings of the town, dominated by the steep hill beyond.
The town of Balaklava was used as a base by the British during the Crimean War. Supplies arrived by ship into the small harbour and were transported by rail to troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
23.5 x 28.8 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 37.3 cm (mount)
Entrance to Balaclava. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
- From the collection of Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- 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
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Balaklava [Sevastopol]
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Black Sea
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Waterway engineering
- Harbours
- Vessels (marine)
- Ships
- Sailing ships
- Ships
- Waterway engineering
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Engineering & Technology
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Physiography
- Oceans
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
