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    ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

    General view of Balaklava, the hospital on the right

    Mar 1855

    Albumen print | 27.7 x 35.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2500490

    Photograph of Balaklava showing the hospital to the right. There is a building with a tiled roof in the foreground and the rooftops of the town are spread out behind. Beyond the town is the harbour, with several ships anchored to the left. Small groups of tents can just be made out on the hills behind. The town of Balaklava with its port and purpose built railway yard were of strategic significance throughout the Crimean War.

    • Creator(s)

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      Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    • 27.7 x 35.5 cm (image)

      57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

    • General View of Balaklava Hospital on the right

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Ukraine
            • Crimea
              • Sevastopol [Crimea]
                • Balaklava [Sevastopol]
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Architecture
          • Secular architecture
            • Hospitals
          • Domestic architecture
            • Cottages
          • Buildings
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Engineering & Technology
          • Waterway engineering
            • Harbours
          • Vessels (marine)
            • Ships
          • Railways
        • Industries, Crafts and Trades
          • Travel Goods
            • Tents
      • Social sciences
        • Military affairs
          • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
            • Wars
              • Wars of the nineteenth century
                • Crimean War (1853-1856)
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