Crimean War 1853 1856 Collection (page 2)

Sebastopol, Ukraine, 1857. Artist: H Bibby
Sebastopol, Ukraine, 1857. From Englands Battles by Sea and Land, volume II: Russia and Turkey, by Lieutenant Colonel Williams, Published by The London Printing and Publishing Company (1857)

The bombardment of Odessa, Ukraine, during the Crimean War, 1854 (1857). Artist: George Greatbatch
The bombardment of Odessa, Ukraine, during the Crimean War, 1854 (1857). The boats of the fleet going to the French steamer Vauban

The gallant affair of the Hecla and Arrogant, 1854 (1857). Artist: H Bibby
The gallant affair of the Hecla and Arrogant, 1854 (1857). Cutting out a Russian barque from under the batteries of Eckness, HMS Arrogant, anchored off the batteries, kept up a furious cannonade

Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1801-1854), 1857. Artist: DJ Pound
Armand-Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1801-1854), 1857. Marshal St Arnaud was a French soldier and Marshal of France during the 19th century

The Battle of Eupatoria during the Crimean War, 1855 (1857). Artist: W Hulland
The Battle of Eupatoria during the Crimean War, 1855 (1857). Selim Pasha now made a sortie with a brigade of Egyptians, and charged the Russians with the bayonet but

Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860), 1857. Artist: DJ Pound
Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860), 1857. Napier was a British naval officer whose sixty years in the Royal Navy included service in the Napoleonic Wars, Syrian War and the Crimean War

Light cavalry attacking the Russian guns at Balaclava during the Crimean War, 1854 (1857). Artist: W Hulland
Light cavalry attacking the Russian guns at Balaclava during the Crimean War, 1854 (1857). From Englands Battles by Sea and Land, volume III: Russia and Turkey, by Lieutenant Colonel Williams

The Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War, 1854 (1857). Artist: T Sherratt
The Battle of Inkerman during the Crimean War, 1854 (1857). Guards resist the attack on the two gun redoubt. From Englands Battles by Sea and Land, volume III: Russia and Turkey

Charge of heavy cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War, 1854 (1857). Artist: W Hulland
Charge of heavy cavalry at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War, 1854 (1857). From Englands Battles by Sea and Land, volume III: Russia and Turkey, by Lieutenant Colonel Williams

Earl of Cardigan, 1857. Artist: DJ Pound
Lieutenant General James Thomas Brudenell (1797-1868), 7th Earl of Cardigan, 1857. Cardigan commanded the Light Brigade of the British Army during the Crimean War

French attack on the Malakoff, 19th century. The Battle of Malakoff, fought on 7 September 1855, was a part of the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War

Admiral Sir Charles John Napier (1786-1860), 19th century. Napier was a British naval officer whose sixty years in the Royal Navy included service in the Napoleonic Wars

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), c1900s (1936). Florence Nightingale made her reputation by her organisation of nursing service during the Crimean War

Queen Victoria reviewing her troops, Aldershot, 1856, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Queen Victoria distributing medals, 18 May 1855, (c1920)
Queen Victoria distributing medals to heroes of the Crimean War, 18 May 1855, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Map of the area where the Crimean War was fought in the 1850s, (c1920). Artist: Walter Hutchinson
Map of the area where the Crimean War was fought in the 1850s, (c1920). The plan shows the relative positions of the battlefields of Crimea

The Naval Brigade at Sevastopol, 1850s. Scene from the Crimean War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

The royal visit to Brompton Hospital, 1850s, (c1920). Victoria and Albert visit soldiers wounded in the Crimean War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson

Queen Victoria visiting the wounded, 1850s, (c1920). Artist: Jerry Barrett
Queen Victoria visiting the wounded, 1850s, (c1920). Victoria and Albert visit soldiers wounded in the Crimean War. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson

At Sebastopol, 19th century, (1930). Artist: Constantin Guys
At Sebastopol, 19th century, (1930). Illustration from The Painter of Victorian Life, a study of Constantin Guys with an introduction and a translation of Baudelaires Peintre de la Vie Moderne

The Retreat, Crimean War, 19th century, (1930). Artist: Constantin Guys
The Retreat, Crimean War, 19th century, (1930). Illustration from The Painter of Victorian Life, a study of Constantin Guys with an introduction

Florence Nightingale memorial, Derby, 1937. Sights of Britain, third series of 48 cigarette cards, issued with Senior Service, Junior Member, and Illingworth cigarettes

Field Marshal Sir Colin Campbell (1792-1863), 1st Baron Clyde, Scottish soldier. Campbell served with distinction in the Crimean War and in the suppression of the Indian Rebellion of 1857-1858

Fitzroy James Henry Somerset (1788-1855), 1st Baron Raglan, English soldier. Lord Raglan commanded the British army in the Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War) of 1853-1856

Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787-1867), Russian military commander. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson

Christmas charity, interior of a hospital in the east, 1855. Artist: George Measom
Christmas charity, interior of a hospital in the east, 1855. Scene in a hospital during the Crimean War. Some 250, 000 soldiers died during the conflict, many of them from disease

George, Duke of Cambridge, British soldier, 1888. A cousin of Queen Victoria, the Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) commanded a division in the Crimean War of 1853-1856 and was present at Alma

Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, chief of the British Army, 19th century. Artist: DJ Pound
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, chief of the British Army, 19th century. A cousin of Queen Victoria, the Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904)

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) visiting wounded soldiers, 19th century

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), 1854. Florence Nightingale made her reputation by her organisation of nursing service during the Crimean War

Battle of Balaclava, 25th October 1854, (c1920). Artist: John Charlton
Battle of Balaclava, 25th October 1854, (c1920). Lord Raglan gave the order for the disastrous British cavalry charge, immortalised in Tennysons poem

Interior of a Russian guardhouse, Crimean War, 1855. An engraving from the Cassells Illustrated Family Paper, (London, 1855)

The amusement of the soldiers before Sevastopol, 1855. Soldiers relaxing during the Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War. An engraving from the Cassells Illustrated Family Paper, London, 1855

French rifle pit in the parallel before the mamelon and white tower, Sevastopol, Crimean War, 1855
Interior of the French rifle pit in the parallel before the mamelon and white tower, Sevastopol, Crimean War, 1855. An engraving from the Cassells Illustrated Family Paper, (London, 1855)

Russian soldiers firing on an English boats crew, under the protection of a flag of truce, 1855. Depiction of an incident at Hango, in what is modern Finland, during the Crimean War

Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860), British naval officer, 1837. Napiers sixty years in the Royal Navy included service in the Napoleonic Wars, Syrian War and the Crimean War

The Queen at the camp at Chobham, Surrey, 1853, (1888). Queen Victoria reviewing her troops before they left to fight in the Crimean War

Sebastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, c1888. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (c1888)

Destruction of the Turkish fleet at Sinope, 1853, (1900). The port of Sinop on the Black Sea was attacked by Russia, precipitating the Crimean War

New Ambulance Transport Service, 1855. Wounded soldiers travel in special seats carried by mules or horses. These are possibly British soldiers injured during the Crimean War

Florence Nightingale visiting the hut hospitals at Balaclava, 1855. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert, Secretary of State for War

George, Duke of Cambridge, British soldier, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
George, Duke of Cambridge, British soldier, c1890. A cousin of Queen Victoria, the Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) commanded a division in the Crimean War of 1853-1856 and was present at Alma

Prince Aleksandr Sergeyevich Menshikov, Russian military commander, 1853. An engraving from the Illustrated London News, (3 December 1853)

Sir Richard Airey, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Sir Richard Airey, 1878. Airey was Quarter-Master General of the 1st Brigade of the Light Division, and was present at the battles of Alma and Inkermann during the Crimean War

Sir George Strong Nares, Arctic explorer, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Sir George Strong Nares, Arctic explorer, 1878. After returning to England in 1854 from an Arctic expedition he was promoted lieutenant, served for two years in the Mediterranean

George Hamilton Hamilton-Gordon, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1893. Artist: W Roffe
George Hamilton Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, British Prime Minister, (1893). Prime Minister from 1852-1855, the Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)

Kars, a city in northeast Turkey, 1893. Artist: J Godfrey
Kars, a city in northeast Turkey, 1893. Kars was the scene of a battle between the Russians under General Muraviev and the Turks under the British General WF Williams in 1856 during the Crimean War

Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, 19th century. Artist: DJ Pound
Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, 19th century. Lyons (1790-1858) commanded the British fleet in the Black Sea during the Crimean War (1853-1856)

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