Record of historical events
Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Group in a camp
1855-1856Salted paper print | 21.0 x 28.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500638
Photograph of eleven men gathered around a wooden cart. One man is lying on the top of the cart and the rest are standing or sitting around it. Most are wearing military uniform though some are wearing civilian clothes. There is a washing line behind them and the corner of a wooden hut can be seen to the right.
The troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol camped in the countryside surrounding the town.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB21.0 x 28.0 cm (image) (image)
31.7 x 37.5 cm (mount)
Group in camp. [taken from contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
- From the collection of Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Siege of Sevastopol, 1854-55 (Crimean War)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
