BALAKLAVA SHEWING THE STATE OF THE QUAYS & THE SHIPPING IN MAY 1855
lithograph, print
Accession Number

NAM.2001-04-495-1

Description

Balaklava Shewing the State of the Quays & the Shipping in May 1855. Coloured lithograph by William Simpson and by Day and Son, lithographed by R Bryson, published by Colnaghi and Co, London, 26 Sep 1855. Large number of sailing and steam ships moored in inlet surrounded by hills, in foreground three workmen with picks and shovels take a break, below them on the waterfront stores are being unloaded onto trucks on a railway and a troop of Cavalry passes by. Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

Campaigns

Crimean War (1854-1856)