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Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion

JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)

Kamiesh, showing the burial ground

1855-1856

Salted paper print | 19.0 x 28.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500746

Photograph of Kamiesh, showing the burial ground. To the left is the harbour, with ships packed tightly together in a small enclave. Buildings line the edges of the harbour, and more can be seen on the open land behind. There is a tomb in the shape of a pyramid in the foreground to the right. The port of Kamiesh was used as a base by the French during the Crimean War. Supplies arrived by ship into the small harbour and were transported to troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol.
  • Creator(s)

    James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)

  • 19.0 x 28.5 cm (image) (image)

    31.7 x 37.1 cm (mount)

  • Kamiech showing the burial ground. [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
            • Kamiesh [Crimea]
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Vessels (marine)
          • Ships
            • Sailing ships
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Travel Goods
          • Tents
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Domestic architecture
          • Huts
        • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
          • Funerary architecture
            • Tombs
      • Town planning, landscapes and gardens
        • Cemeteries