Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
The site of the Guard's Battery during the Battle of Inkerman
1855Albumen print | 17.4 x 25.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2500472
Photograph of the hillside where the Guard's Battery was based during the Battle of Inkerman. The drop of the valley can just be seen in the distance.
The Battle of Inkerman, one of the early battles of the Crimean War, was fought on the 5th of November 1854 in the countryside around the town of Inkerman.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Guards Regiments17.4 x 25.1 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Inkermann showing the Guards Battery at the Battle
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Fortifications
- Batteries (artillery)
- Military batteries
- Batteries (artillery)
- Arms (weapons)
- Artillery
- Fortifications
- Military engineering
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Engineering & Technology
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Inkerman
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Europe
- 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
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
