Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events
James Robertson (1813-88)
Rocks near St George 1855-1856
Salted paper print | 22.6 x 29.6 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500751
![Rocks near St George. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/d/2/335622-1351701315.jpg?itok=Rj_kCfpl "Rocks near St George. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]")
Photograph of the rocky coastline near the St George Monastery. The photograph shows the Black Sea with the coastline curving round to the right. There is a large rock in the foreground to the right and a number of rocks at the head of the bay.
The St George Monastery, built into a cliffside near Balaklava, was used as a convalescent hospital during the Crimean War.
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Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
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22.6 x 29.6 cm (image) (image)
31.7 x 37.4 cm (mount)
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Rocks near St George. [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)
- 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]
- St George's Monastery [Sevastopol]
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Physiography
- Oceans
- Atlantic Ocean
- Black Sea
- Atlantic Ocean
- Oceans
- Europe
- visual works
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