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James Robertson (1813-88)
Sailors' Battery 1855-1856
Salted paper print | 21.2 x 24.4 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500714
![Sailors' Battery. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/335585-1351701143.jpg?itok=YxSZS2-F "Sailors' Battery. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]")
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Photograph of the sailor's battery in front of Sevastopol. To the left is a thick earth wall reinforced with wicker fencing and sandbags. There are two cannons with a pile of cannonballs on the ground between them. A large group of sailors are gathered behind the wall, two sitting on the ground with their legs crossed. The Siege of Sevastopol lasted eleven months, with the allied British, French and Turkish forces eventually capturing the city on the 8th September 1855.
Provenance
From the collection of Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Salted paper print
Measurements
21.2 x 24.4 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 37.3 cm (mount)
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Alternative title(s)
Sailors' Battery. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
