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 two cannons
1855-1856Salted paper print | 21.2 x 26.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500641
Photograph of a group of soldiers gathered around two cannons in gun carriages. The men are sitting on, standing beside and lying in front of the cannons. All are wearing military uniform and several are carrying swords. Huts can just be made out behind them and there is a horse to the left.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GBArmy-GB-Artillery-Royal ArtilleryArmy-GB-Artillery Regiments21.2 x 26.5 cm (image) (image)
31.7 x 37.3 cm (mount)
Group with two cannon [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
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Cannons (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- 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
