Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events
James Robertson (1813-88)
Valley of the Cemetery 1855-1856
Salted paper print | 23.2 x 29.9 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500724
![Valley of the Cemetery. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/0/9/335595-1351701189.jpg?itok=9kCd5raI "Valley of the Cemetery. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]")
Photograph of the Valley of the Cemetery. In the foreground there is a series of dilapidated buildings with several piles of cannonballs to the right. There is a harbour behind with ruined buildings around the edges and on the hillside behind.
Robertson photographed the landscape around Balaklava and Sevastopol both before and after the Russians retreated.
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Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
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23.2 x 29.9 cm (image) (image)
31.8 x 37.2 cm (mount)
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Valley of the Cemetery. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
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From the collection of Queen Victoria
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Balaklava [Sevastopol]
- Valley of the Shadow of Death [Crimea]
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Physiography
- Oceans
- Atlantic Ocean
- Black Sea
- Atlantic Ocean
- Oceans
- 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
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Town planning, landscapes and gardens
- Cemeteries
- Town planning, landscapes and gardens
- visual works
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