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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)

Small group of men drawn up in a line, other men mounted on horses, in open country

1855-1856

Salted paper print | 21.0 x 25.4 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500654

Photograph of a group of soldiers gathered in an area of open land with hills behind. There is a line of soldiers mounted on horses with several soldiers standing in front of them, some with a horse beside them. There is a group of soldiers standing together to the left and a cannon to the right.
  • Creator(s)

    James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)

  • 21.0 x 25.4 cm (image) (image)
    31.9 x 37.4 cm (mount)

  • Small group of men drawn up in a line, other men mounted on horses, in open country [taken from contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson 1855].

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Ukraine
          • Crimea
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Cannons (weapons)
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
    • 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)