Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Group outside a hut
1855-1856Salted paper print | 23.6 x 27.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500632
Photograph of twelve soldiers gathered outside a wooden hut. Eight are standing and two are sitting on wooden stools. On the ground in front of them a soldier, holding a book in his left hand, is sitting looking at the soldier reclining beside him on a rug. All are wearing military uniform and several are carrying swords.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB23.6 x 27.7 cm (image) (image)
31.4 x 37.2 cm (mount)
Group outside hut [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
