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Record of historical events

Victoria and Albert collected photographs that documented the political and military events that defined a period of global expansion

JAMES ROBERTSON (1813-88)

Valley of the Cemetery

1855-1856

Salted paper print | 23.2 x 29.9 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500724

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.
  • Creator(s)

    James Robertson (1813-88) (photographer)

  • 23.2 x 29.9 cm (image) (image)

    31.8 x 37.2 cm (mount)

  • Valley of the Cemetery. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Ukraine
          • Crimea
            • Sevastopol [Crimea]
              • Balaklava [Sevastopol]
            • Valley of the Shadow of Death [Crimea]
      • Black Sea
    • 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)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Town planning, landscapes and gardens
        • Cemeteries
    • Geography
      • Physiography
        • Oceans
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs