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Mantlets in the Barracks Battery 1855-1856
Salted paper print | 24.2 x 29.3 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500706
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Photograph of the mantlets in the barracks battery after the Siege of Sevastopol. The photograph shows the stone wall of the battery, with a rope mantlet hanging on either side of a small stone storage area. In front of each mantlet is a cannon, the one to the left with circles of rope around its neck. Stones, cannonballs, rope and a stool litter the ground behind. A mantlet is a large and portable shield used to protect fortifications from incoming ammunition. After the French captured the Malakoff redoubt, forcing the Russians to abandon the city, the allied forces entered Sevastopol and occupied the remaining fortifications.
Provenance
From the collection of Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Salted paper print
Measurements
24.2 x 29.3 cm (image) (image)
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Alternative title(s)
Mantlets in Barracks Battery. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].