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James Robertson (1813-88)
Cemetery 1855-1856
Salted paper print | 23.1 x 30.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500776
![Cemetery [title on contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/6/1/335647-1351701433.jpg?itok=0lkRA8rj "Cemetery [title on contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]")
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Photograph of a British cemetery near Sevastopol. The gravestones, of different shapes and sizes, are arranged in loose rows and surrounded by rocks of varying sizes. Behind the graves there is a stone wall with a flagpole to the right. Before they left the Crimea in 1856 the British created a number of cemeteries where regiments had camped during the Siege of Sevastopol.
Provenance
From the collection of Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Salted paper print
Measurements
23.1 x 30.5 cm (image) (image)
31.7 x 37.3 cm (mount)
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Alternative title(s)
Cemetery [title on contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
