Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Highland Regiment in front of a row of huts
1855-1856Salted paper print | 23.0 x 28.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500656
Photograph of a large group of soldiers from a Highland Regiment standing in front of a long wooden hut. The soldiers are standing in a semi-circle with four soldiers, one holding bagpipes, standing slightly forward of the rest. They are wearing military uniform including kilts and bearskin hats and are holding their rifles in front of them. There are hills behind.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Highland Regiments23.0 x 28.7 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 37.5 cm (mount)
Highland Regiment in front of row of huts [taken from contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
- From the collection of Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- People
- Musicians
- Bagpipers
- Musicians
- 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
