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JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)

Hut of Colonel Daniell, Balaklava

1855-1856

Salted paper print | 20.0 x 29.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500734

Photograph of the hut of Colonel Daniell at Balaklava. The wooden hut is to the right, its door and window open. There is a group of tents to the left with several soldiers standing in front of them. A camp can be seen on the hillside behind. The troops engaged in the Crimean War camped in the countryside surrounding the towns of Sevastopol and Balaklava.
  • Creator(s)

    James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)

  • 20.0 x 29.5 cm (image) (image)

    31.4 x 37.4 cm (mount)

  • Hut of Col. Daniell, Balaclava. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Ukraine
          • Crimea
            • Sevastopol [Crimea]
              • Balaklava [Sevastopol]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Domestic architecture
          • Huts
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Travel Goods
          • Tents