A hot day in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.
Summary
Print shows action in a British artillery battery, mortar fire, mortars and cannon being loaded, the removal of wounded, and in the distance, the fortifications of Sevastopolʹ.
Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. London : Published by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., publishers to Her Majesty, 13 & 14 Pall Mall East ; Paris : Goupil & Cie., 1855, [plate 34].
Colnaghis' authentic series.
Attached to the edge of the sheet is a printed "Key to a hot day..." which identifies principal fortifications in Sevastopolʹ.
Tags
Date
01/01/1855
Contributors
Day & Son.
Simpson, William, 1823-1899, artist
Location
Korortne (Ukraine), 45.47583, 36.34250
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.