Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events
James Robertson (1813-88)
Fort Michael Apr 1856May 1856
Salted paper print | 22.5 x 26.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500758
![Fort Michel [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/3/4/335629-1351701348.jpg?itok=AKECPunn "Fort Michel [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]")
Photograph of Fort Michael at Sevastopol harbour. In the foreground there is a cannon with a wall beside it to the right. Fort Michael, a two storey stone building, can be seen across the water behind.
During the Crimean War the entrance to Sevastopol harbour was defended by a number of forts. Fort Michael 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 sent to the Crimea in April-May 1856 by his brother-in-law James Robertson, and is responsible for this and other Crimean photographs. (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 Michael 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 sent to the Crimea in April-May 1856 by his brother-in-law James Robertson, and is responsible for this and other Crimean photographs. (See L. Gartlan, 'James Robertson and Felice Beato in the Crimea: Recent Findings', in 'History of Photography', 29:1 (2005), p.5.)
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Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Felice Beato (1832-1909) (photographer)
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22.5 x 26.5 cm (image) (image)
31.8 x 37.2 cm (mount)
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Fort Michel [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
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From the collection of Queen Victoria
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
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]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Physiography
- Oceans
- Atlantic Ocean
- Black Sea
- Atlantic Ocean
- Oceans
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Military architecture
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- visual works
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