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 row of huts, with two dogs, bottles and tankards

1855-1856

Salted paper print | 23.0 x 29.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500652

Photograph of a group of soldiers gathered in front of a wooden hut. Most of the men are standing, a few are sitting on wooden stools and some recline on the ground. They are all wearing military uniform and some hold swords or tankards. There are several dogs in the photograph, blurred slightly through movement.

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James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
23.0 x 29.7 cm (image) (image)

31.4 x 37.0 cm (mount)
Group outside row of huts with two dogs, bottles and tankards. [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
  
  Dogs
- 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)

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Group outside a row of huts, with two dogs, bottles and tankards

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