Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Group with seated officer in plain clothes
1855-1856Salted paper print | 20.1 x 28.2 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500633
Photograph of a group of soldiers gathered around an officer who is sitting on a wooden chair facing left. He is wearing civilian clothes and is raising his right hand. The soldier standing in front of him is offering him a cigar from an open case. The soldiers are wearing military uniform, one with tartan on his cap. There is a building behind them with a balcony with a wooden balustrade to the left.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB20.1 x 28.2 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 37.3 cm (mount)
Group with seated ?officer in plain clothes [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
