Camp of the 17th Regiment

1855-1856

James Robertson

Associated Names
James Robertson

Artist, British, 1813 - 1888

Felice Beato

Artist, British, born Venice, 1832 - 1909

The image shows an elevated view of a landscape with tents and structures arranged in an organized manner. The horizon is high in the composition with the land sloping upwards towards distant hills. A line of tents on the horizon stretches laterally. In the foreground, there is open ground with rocks and sparse vegetation, leading to wooden structures and tents in neat rows. The image is monochromatic with sepia tones dominating, giving a vintage feel.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.5 × 27 cm (8 7/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
    mount: 32.5 × 40.8 cm (12 13/16 × 16 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.137.4.18

  • Volume Title

    Photographs of the Crimean War

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco); Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 2001; gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on image, by unknown hand, lower left in ink: Camp of the 17th Regt; on mount, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: < .; bottom center in ink: [Arabic inscription]; on verso, center left in graphite: ROBEN 4

Wikidata ID

Q64155526

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