Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Russian Tomb in Sevastopol
1855-1856Salted paper print | 29.2 x 24.6 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500659
Photograph of a large ornate Russian tomb in Sevastopol. The tall stone block is carved with Russian text, the date 1834 and sword, wreath and axe motifs. It is topped by a sculpture of a classical ship on a smaller stone block with pictorial reliefs and stone axes. The tomb is surrounded by a railing, with an anchor design at the corners. There is open land behind it.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Russia29.2 x 24.6 cm (image) (image)
27.4 x 31.5 cm (mount)
Tomb in Sebastopol. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
- From the collection of Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Funerary architecture
- Tombs
- Funerary architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
