The last great battles and victories in the Crimea, conflagration of the city of Sebastopol,... – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The last great battles and victories in the Crimea, conflagration of the city of Sebastopol,..., preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Few images of the Crimean War show a city burning as dramatically as this one, which focuses on the conflagration of Sevastopol. The Russian garrison abandoned the port in September 1855, after an eleven-month siege by British, French, and Ottoman forces, and fires consumed much of the town as it was evacuated. The print dates to 1886, roughly three decades after the fighting, so it reflects how the war was remembered rather than how it was first reported. Its title also promises the "last great battles and victories," so it likely compresses the closing campaign into a single scene. The record's attribution to a J. H. Jocelyn comes from an unverified shelflist card.
| Created / published | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Jocelyn, J.H. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,225 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-111330 |
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