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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 with a pony

1855-1856

Salted paper print | 23.5 x 28.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500640

Photograph of a group of soldiers gathered in a camp. One soldier is sitting on a chair with his legs crossed, holding a sword. The other men stand in a row behind him, with one man standing slightly apart to the left holding the reins of a pony. All are wearing military uniform.
  • Creator(s)

    James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB
  • 23.5 x 28.5 cm (image) (image)

    31.7 x 37.2 cm (mount)

  • Group in camp with pony [taken from contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Ukraine
          • Crimea
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
            • Ponies
    • 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)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs