Turkish artillery officers mounted on horses

Photograph of five Turkish artillery soldiers mounted on horses. They are wearing military uniform including sashes and hats. The ground is very muddy and there is a long wooden barrack building behind. Szathmari was one of the first war photographers, and the first to photograph the Crimean War. In the spring of 1854 he travelled to the area around the Danube and photographed the Turkish and Russian soldiers engaged in the first skirmishes of the war. He exhibited the resulting photographs at the Paris World Exposition of 1855 and presented copies to Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoleon III.