Ivan Ermolaevitch Grigoriev (active 1900)
The memorial wall in the room where Lord Raglan died, 28th June 1855 c.1900
Hand-coloured gelatin silver print | 17.0 x 23.0 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2500803
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Photograph from a series showing Crimean battlefields, 1900-01. The photograph shows a memorial wall in the room where Lord Raglan died on 28th June 1855. In the centre of the wall there is a memorial plaque with a dedication to Lord Raglan in both English and Russian. To the left is a framed portrait of Lord Raglan, showing him standing with his right arm missing and a sword in his left hand. To the right is a smaller framed portrait of Colonel Arthur Ponsonby. Lord Raglan commanded the British troops during the Crimean War and died in the Crimea shortly after the Siege of Sevastopol. Even decades after the conflict significant sites continued to be of interest to British, French and Russian photographers.
Provenance
Presented to King George V by Charles J Cooke, 1917. Cooke originally commissioned the photographs from a local photographer while British Vice-Consul of Sevastopol with the intention of presenting them to Queen Victoria.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured gelatin silver print
Measurements
17.0 x 23.0 cm (image) (image)
22.5 x 31.5 cm (mount)
Alternative title(s)
Crimean battlefields, 1900-1901 ... presented by Charles J. Cooke.
