Shadows of War
A study of Fenton's photographs of the Crimea during the war
The Old Post Office, Balaklava
15 Mar 1855Salted paper print | 19.9 x 25.4 cm | RCIN 2500464
Photograph of the Old Post Office at Balaklava. The building is in poor condition with a damaged tile roof. Four men stand on a wooden platform and staircase at the front of the building, with a row of glass bottles beside them. In the foreground there is a pile of railway track surrounded by stones.
The town of Balaklava was used as a base by the British during the Crimean War. Supplies arrived by ship into the small harbour and were transported by rail to troops engaged in the Siege of Sevastopol.