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JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)

Grave of Captain the Hon Cavendish Browne, 7th Royal Fusiliers

1855-1856

Salted paper print | 24.5 x 28.6 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500763

Photograph of the grave of Captain the Hon Cavendish Browne in the Light Division cemetery near Sevastopol. The grave is covered by white pebbles and marked with a stone cross, its inscription clearly visible. There is another grave behind it and to the left. Behind the graves there is a stone wall. Captain the Hon Cavendish Browne served with the 7th Royal Fusiliers and died in the Crimea on the 22nd March 1855.
  • Creator(s)

    James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)

  • 24.5 x 28.6 cm (image) (image)

  • British Graves in the Crimea. [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)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Ukraine
          • Crimea
            • Sevastopol [Crimea]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Town planning, landscapes and gardens
        • Cemeteries
      • Architecture
        • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
          • Funerary architecture