Mortar - "Whistling Dick" - in the Malakoff Sep 1855
Albumen print | 14.4 x 20.1 cm (image) (whole object) | RCIN 2500789
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Photograph of a mortar in the Malakoff fortress. The walls of the fortress are reinforced with sandbags and wicker fencing and the mortar is to the right. The ground is covered by wicker fencing and other debris and there is a man standing to the left. After an eleven month siege the city of Sevastopol was captured by the allied British, French and Turkish forces on 8th September 1855. Lefevre photographed a number of strategic fortresses shortly after they had been abandoned by the Russians.
Provenance
Acquired by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) for the library at Sandringham
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
14.4 x 20.1 cm (image) (whole object)
34.0 x 49.0 cm (page dimensions)
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Alternative title(s)
7. Mortar - "Whistling Dick" in the Malakoff. [Photographic views of Sebastopol taken immediately after the retreat of the Russians, September 8, 1855 / by G. Shaw Lefevre].