Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Fort Constantine
Apr 1856May 1856Salted paper print | 24.0 x 29.8 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500757
Photograph of Fort Constantine at Sevastopol harbour. In the foreground there is a terrace with a stone wall reinforced with wicker fencing. On the terrace there are two cannons and a pile of cannonballs. Fort Constantine can be seen behind on a headland that extends out into the harbour.
During the Crimean War the entrance to Sevastopol harbour was defended by a number of forts. Fort Constantine was located on the northern side of the harbour.
Whilst the photograph is signed 'Robertson', it has been noted that the photographer Felice Beato was employed by his brother-in-law Robertson in the Crimea in April/May 1856. (See L. Gartlan, 'James Robertson and Felice Beato in the Crimea: Recent Findings', in 'History of Photography', 29:1 (2005), p.5.)
During the Crimean War the entrance to Sevastopol harbour was defended by a number of forts. Fort Constantine was located on the northern side of the harbour.
Whilst the photograph is signed 'Robertson', it has been noted that the photographer Felice Beato was employed by his brother-in-law Robertson in the Crimea in April/May 1856. (See L. Gartlan, 'James Robertson and Felice Beato in the Crimea: Recent Findings', in 'History of Photography', 29:1 (2005), p.5.)
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Felice Beato (1832-1909) (photographer)
24.0 x 29.8 cm (image) (image)
31.7 x 37.4 cm (mount)
Fort Constantine. [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]
- Fort Constantine [Sevastopol]
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Black Sea
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Military architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Physiography
- Oceans
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
