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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
View of Balaklava looking seaward, Russian cottages in the foreground
Mar 1855Albumen print | 20.8 x 26.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500460
Photograph of Balaklava looking seawards. In the foreground there are several small Russian cottages with tiled roofs. In the harbour behind there are a large number of ships with tall masts. The ruins of a Genoese fortress can be seen on the clifftop to the left.
The town of Balaklava was the site of one of the major battles of the Crimean War, and its port and purpose built railway yard were of strategic significance throughout.
Creator(s)
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Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
20.8 x 26.6 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
Balaklava looking seawards Russian Cottage in foreground
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Domestic architecture
- Cottages
- Domestic architecture
- Architecture
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Waterway engineering
- Harbours
- Vessels (marine)
- Ships
- Waterway engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- Places
- Physiography
- Oceans
- Sea
- Oceans
- Europe
- Ukraine
- Crimea
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Balaklava [Sevastopol]
- Sevastopol [Crimea]
- Crimea
- Ukraine
- Physiography
- 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
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
