Victoria and Albert collected works documenting political and military events
James Robertson (1813-88)
Waiting for Breakfast 1855-1856
Salted paper print | 14.5 x 19.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500629
Photograph of two men outside a tent. One man stands by the entrance of the tent with his jacket undone, holding a kettle in his right hand. The other man sits on a rock to the right holding a long stick. On either side of the tent's entrance there is a pile of stones with a cannonball placed on top. Behind the men to the right there are several more tents and a group of men.
The troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol camped in the countryside surrounding the town.
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Creator(s)
James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-GB-Infantry Regiments -
14.5 x 19.5 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 36.7 cm (mount)
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Waiting for breakfast. [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
- Ukraine
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Travel Goods
- Tents
- Travel Goods
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Siege of Sevastopol, 1854-55 (Crimean War)
- Crimean campaign (Crimean War)
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- visual works
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