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, including two women and a Clergyman
1855-1856Salted paper print | 22.8 x 28.1 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500630
Photograph of a group gathered around a table by the doorway of a wooden hut. Two women stand behind the table, one holding a dog. To the left there is a man wearing military uniform who is holding the reins of the horse beside him in his right hand. Two men stand to the right, one wearing the robes of a clergyman.
Some women travelled with the British and French troops during the Crimean War, usually nurses or the wives of soldiers.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
22.8 x 28.1 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 37.5 cm (mount)
Group outside hut, including 2 ladies, minister and horse [taken from contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
- From the collection of Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Dogs
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- People
- Women
- Girls
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Cavalry
- Cavalry soldiers
- 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
- Cavalry
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
