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, which is partly covered by canvas
1855-1856Salted paper print | 21.8 x 27.8 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500636
Photograph of a group of eleven soldiers gathered in front of a wooden hut which is partly covered in canvas. Seven of the men are standing and three are sitting, with one lying on the ground smoking a long pipe. All are wearing military uniform. There is a large coil of rope leaning against the wall of the hut and a cannonball on the ground to the left.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB21.8 x 27.8 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 37.5 cm (mount)
Group outside hut which has light coloured cloth or paper tacked to it [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
