Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events
James Robertson (1813-88)
Rifle Pits 1855-1856
Salted paper print | 14.0 x 28.8 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500719
![Rifle pits. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/7/335590-1351701165.jpg?itok=e4zWygXS "Rifle pits. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]")
Photograph of the rifle pits near Sevastopol. In the foreground there is a grassy hillside with several piles of rocks. Hills can be seen in the distance.
The Siege of Sevastopol lasted eleven months, with the allied British, French and Turkish forces eventually capturing the city on the 8th September 1855.
The Siege of Sevastopol lasted eleven months, with the allied British, French and Turkish forces eventually capturing the city on the 8th September 1855.
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Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
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14.0 x 28.8 cm (image) (image)
31.6 x 37.4 cm (mount)
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Rifle pits. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
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From the collection of Queen Victoria
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Siege of Sevastopol, 1854-55 (Crimean War)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- visual works
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