Record of historical events
Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
Sevastopol
1855-1856Salted paper print | 15.3 x 29.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500679
Photograph of Sevastopol taken from a distance. The town can be seen faintly in the middle distance, with the Russian military barracks the most prominent feature. There is a low stone wall in the foreground.
The Siege of Sevastopol lasted eleven months, with the allied British, French and Turkish forces eventually capturing the city on the 8th September 1855.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
15.3 x 29.0 cm (image) (image)
31.6 x 37.7 cm (mount)
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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
