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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 outside a hut

1855-1856

Salted paper print | 21.0 x 29.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500635

Photograph of a group of thirteen soldiers gathered outside a wooden hut. Seven of the men stand, five sit on wooden stools or the ground and one lies on the ground to the right. They are wearing a mix of military uniforms and civilian clothes. Several are smoking cigars. There is another wooden hut behind them to the right.
  • Creator(s)

    James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB
  • 21.0 x 29.0 cm (image) (image)

    31.5 x 37.5 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
    • 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