Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Going to Balaklava
1883 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print | 16.9 x 15.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2500226
Photograph of a man mounted on a dromedary. The dromedary is facing left and is laden with supplies. The man is wearing a hat and holding a stick in his right hand. There is a cart to the right and a horse to the left. Behind is a row of wooden huts and a hillside. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (printer)
16.9 x 15.4 cm (image)
29.5 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Firearms
- Rifles
- Firearms
- Arms (weapons)
- Vehicles
- Simple transport
- Carts
- Simple transport
- Military engineering
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Engineering & Technology
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Camels
- Arabian Camels
- Camels
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
