Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events
James Robertson (1813-88)
General view of Sevastopol 1855-1856
Salted paper print | 19.3 x 27.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500680
![General view of Sebastopol. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/5/b/335553-1351700993.jpg?itok=qzFiscqR "General view of Sebastopol. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]")
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.
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Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
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19.3 x 27.0 cm (image) (image)
31.8 x 36.0 cm (mount)
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General view of Sebastopol. [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
- Europe
- Geography
- Systematic geography
- Landscapes
- Systematic geography
- visual works
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