Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Miss Nightingale's Tower
1855-1856Salted paper print | 31.7 x 25.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500663
Photograph of Florence Nightingale's tower at the Selimiye Barracks at Scutari, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul). The barracks are seen from the side, with one seven storey tower in the forefront and another visible behind. There is a flagpole on each tower.
The Selimiye Barracks were used by the British as a military hospital during the Crimean War. Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse, lived in a tower of the barracks whilst working in the hospital. It is likely that James Robertson, who was living in Constantinople, photographed the tower knowing the growing interest the British public had in her work.
The Selimiye Barracks were used by the British as a military hospital during the Crimean War. Florence Nightingale, the pioneering nurse, lived in a tower of the barracks whilst working in the hospital. It is likely that James Robertson, who was living in Constantinople, photographed the tower knowing the growing interest the British public had in her work.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)31.7 x 25.0 cm (image) (image)
37.2 x 31.8 cm (mount)
Miss Nightingale's Tower. [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
- Asia
- Turkey
- Istanbul [Turkey]
- Selimiye Barracks [Istanbul]
- Istanbul [Turkey]
- Turkey
- Asia
- Organisation
- Hospitals
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
