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JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)

The Inkerman Ravine

1855-1856

Salted paper print | 19.3 x 27.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500747

Photograph of the Inkerman Ravine. The photograph shows a valley with steep rocky sides. Several rough roads run through the valley and there is a small group of tents on the hillside to the left. The Battle of Inkerman was fought in this ravine on the 5th November 1854.

  • Creator(s)

    James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)

  • 19.3 x 27.5 cm (image) (image)

    31.9 x 35.9 cm (mount)

  • The Inkermann Ravine. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Ukraine
          • Crimea
            • Sevastopol [Crimea]
              • Inkerman
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Travel Goods
          • Tents
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Town planning, landscapes and gardens
        • Cemeteries
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
                • Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
                  • Battle of Inkerman, 1854 (Crimean War)
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