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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)

The Arsenal from the French Batteries

1855-1856

Salted paper print | 11.4 x 28.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500713

Photograph of the arsenal from the French batteries. There is a grassy hillside in the foreground with Sevastopol and its harbour just visible behind to the right. 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)

    Subject(s)

    Army-France-Artillery
  • 11.4 x 28.7 cm (image) (image)

  • The Arsenal from the French Batteries. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Ukraine
          • Crimea
            • Sevastopol [Crimea]
    • 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)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Military architecture
          • Forts
        • Secular architecture
          • Arsenals
          • Factories
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Fortifications
            • Batteries (artillery)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs