Vues Photographiques prises en Crimée (Photographs Taken in the Crimea)

1855-1856

James Robertson

Associated Names
James Robertson

Artist, British, 1813 - 1888

Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

This is a photograph of a closed, aged book with a plain cover. The cover appears worn, with visible marks along the edges and corners, suggesting it has been handled or stored for a long period of time. The color of the cover is light brown. There are subtle lines that could be borders or the edges of a design element. The spine of the book shows folding and fraying at the edges.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume of 35 salted paper prints

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    book (closed): 37 × 43.3 × 3 cm (14 9/16 × 17 1/16 × 1 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 09 November 1989, lot 336, as Vues photographiques prises en Crimee par James Robertson, 1855); Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 1989; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

inside cover, by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 89.3906 / T.C. 255 / 1855; front page, by unknown hand, upper left in ink: Edouard Delessert; center: Vues photographiques prises en Crimée / par / James Robertson

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