Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)
The Battery of the Ravine
1855-1856Salted paper print | 17.2 x 29.6 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500726
Photograph of the battery of the Victoria Ravine. An earth wall reinforced with sandbags extends across the breadth of the scene. Cannons are spaced at intervals and there are piles of wood and ammunition behind. A number of soldiers are moving around the battery. Sevastopol can be seen in the distance to the right.
The Victoria Ravine, also known as the Worontzoff Ravine, marked the line between the British and French forces during the Siege of Sevastopol.
Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Artillery Regiments17.2 x 29.6 cm (image) (image)
32.0 x 36.0 cm (mount)
The Battery of the Ravine. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
- From the collection of Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Black Sea
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Battle of Balaklava, 1854 (Crimean War)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Fortifications
- Batteries (artillery)
- Fortifications
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- Geography
- Physiography
- Oceans
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
