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James Robertson (1813-88)
Memorial to officers of the Coldstream Guards 1855-1856
Salted paper print | 22.2 x 29.1 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500768
![Memorials of officers of the Coldstream Guards [title on contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]](https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/4/a/335639-1351701395.jpg?itok=VH4EXoSM "Memorials of officers of the Coldstream Guards [title on contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson]")
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Photograph of a memorial to officers of the Coldstream Guards near Sevastopol. The memorial consists of a stone set into the ground with cannonballs spaced on small pyramids around it. A low stone wall surrounds it and there is also a headstone, its inscription clearly visible. There are graves to either side of the memorial and there is a stone wall behind. The memorial commemorates eight officers of the Coldstream Guards who died during the Battle of Inkerman, 5th November 1854.
Provenance
From the collection of Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Salted paper print
Measurements
22.2 x 29.1 cm (image) (image)
31.7 x 37.1 cm (mount)
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Alternative title(s)
Memorials of officers of the Coldstream Guards [title on contents list]. [Crimean War photographs by Robertson].
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