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
1855-1856Salted 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)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Kamiesh [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vessels (marine)
- Ships
- Sailing ships
- Ships
- Vessels (marine)
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Engineering & Technology
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Huts
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Funerary architecture
- Tombs
- Funerary architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Town planning, landscapes and gardens
- Cemeteries
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
