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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)
Naval officers at Sevastopol
1855-1856Salted paper print | 13.7 x 18.8 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500668
Photograph of five naval officers in a camp by Sevastopol. They are gathered in front of a tent, with several more tents visible on the hillside behind. Two officers stand, with the officer to the left leaning against a wooden post. Another officer sits on a pile of stones and two sit on the ground. All are wearing naval uniform.
The troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol camped in the countryside surrounding the town.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Royal Navy13.7 x 18.8 cm (image) (image)
31.7 x 35.8 cm (mount)
Naval officers at Sebastopol. [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
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
