Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Memorial to the 90th Light Infantry
1855-1856Salted paper print | 22.6 x 28.1 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500764
Photograph of a memorial to the 90th Light Infantry in the Crimea. The memorial is a small obelisk on a tiered base, with a clearly visible inscription to the soldiers of the 90th Light Infantry. It is surrounded by plants and there is another small obelisk a short distance from each corner. There is open land behind.
Before they left the Crimea in 1856 the British created a number of cemeteries on the sites where regiments had camped during the Siege of Sevastopol.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Infantry-90th (Perthshire Volunteers)(Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot(1816-1881)(m w 26th)22.6 x 28.1 cm (image) (image)
31.8 x 37.1 cm (mount)
Memorial to the 90th Light Infantry. [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
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Town planning, landscapes and gardens
- Cemeteries
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Funerary architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Town planning, landscapes and gardens
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
