Crimean War 1853 1856 Collection (page 4)

Napoleon III, Emperor of France, mid 1850s. Louis-Napoleon (1808-1873) declared himself Emperor of the French in 1852. Portrait engraving at the time of the Crimean War (1853-6)

Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1855. Portrait engraving from the cover of sheet music published at the time of Napoleon IIIs (1808-1873)

The Peace Illuminations - The Horse Guards, Whitehall Front, London, 1856. Gas light illuminations on Horse Guards, Whitehall, London, to mark the end of the Crimean War

Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, Crimean War, 25 October, 1854 (early 20th century). Lord Raglan gave the order for the disastrous British cavalry charge, immortalised in Tennysons poem

Battle of Inkerman, Crimean War, 5 November 1854 (c1856). Zouaves, French infantry of Algerian origin, coming to the assistance of British troops, helping them to repulse a Russian attack

The New Works at the Siege of Sebastapol... Crimean War, 1853-1856. Artist: William Simpson
The New Works at the Siege of Sebastapol. Mortar battery on right of Jordans battery, Crimean War 1853-1856. From Illustrations of the War in the East by William Simpson. (London, 1855-1856)

A Quiet Day in the Diamond Battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68-pounder, Crimean War 1855-1856. Artist: William Simpson
A Quiet Day in the Diamond Battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68-pounder, Crimean War 1853-1856. From Illustrations of the War in the East by William Simpson. (London, 1855-1856)

Victoria Cross, British award for gallantry, 1857. The Victoria Cross was instituted in 1856 for all ranks of the British army and navy

Battle of Alma, Crimean War, 20 September 1854 (c1860). French commanders with advancing infantry. 26, 000 British troops commanded by Lord Raglan and 24

British soldiers leaving for the Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War) 1853-1856, (c1860). Grenadier Guards departing from Trafalgar Square, London, 22 February 1854, en route for the Crimea

Scenes from British military engagements, c1887. From top to bottom: the Battle of Inkerman (1854); the bombardment of Sebastopol (1855); the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (1882)

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), English nursing pioneer and hospital reformer. Florence Nightingale inspecting the wards of the military hospital at Scutari during the Crimean War (1853-1856)

A Hot Day in the Batteries, Crimean War, 1853-1856. Scene from the siege of Sebastopol, October 1854 to September 1855, showing one of the Allies batteries besieging the town

Crimean War, 1853-1856 (c1857)
Crimean War, 1854-1856 (c1857). The Russians, having destroyed as much as possible and scuttled their fleet, abandoning the main southern part of Sebastapol for the northern forts, 8 September 1855

Richard, Baron Airey (1803-1881), English soldier, 1875. Airey was Quartermaster General to the British Army in the Crimea in 1854-1855. He later served as Governor of Gibraltar from 1865-1870

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish statesman, 1854. British Prime Minister from 1852-1855, he reluctantly took Britain into the Crimean War

Aimable Jean Jacques Pelissier, French soldier, 1857. Pelissier (1794-1864) served in Spain, Algeria and the Crimea. During the Crimean War (1853-1856)

Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, British naval commander, 1857
Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons, British naval commander, c1860. Lyons (1790-1858) commanded the British fleet in the Black Sea during the Crimean War (1853-1856)

Pierre Francois Joseph Bosquet, French soldier, 1857. Bosquet (1810-1861) was active in the French Algerian campaigns (1834-1852)

George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, British soldier, c1885. Artist: Richard Simkin
George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, British soldier, c1885. A cousin of Queen Victoria, the Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904) commanded a division in the Crimean War of 1853-1856

Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, English soldier, c1860. Lord Raglan (1788-1855) commanded the British army in the Crimean War (Russo-Turkish War) of 1853-1856

Not Loose Yet, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Not Loose Yet, 1870. The British lion keeps a watchful eye on the Russian bear. The bear is shown gnawing at the sturdy rope that shackles him to the Treaty of Paris

A Plaister for Pam. 1858. Like a whipped schoolboy, and rubbing his bruises, Palmerston is receiving from Mr Punch (who had been vociferous in his opposition to the Bill)

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