Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
General view of Sevastopol
1855-1856Salted paper print | 19.3 x 27.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500680
Photograph of Sevastopol taken from a distance. The town and harbour can be seen faintly in the distance, with hills behind. The hill in the foreground is covered with rocks and a group of men sit on a large rock to the left.
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)
19.3 x 27.0 cm (image) (image)
31.8 x 36.0 cm (mount)
General view of Sebastopol. [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]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Geography
- Systematic geography
- Landscapes
- Systematic geography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
