Sevastopol with the batteries and approaches. Positions of the Allied Armies besieging Sevastopol.
Map by James Wyld, 1854.
Published by James Wyld, 4th Edition, 4 Nov.
Map shows that part of the Peninsula extending from Balaklava to the river Belbek or Kabarta with the position of the French, English and Turkish lines and the Russian defences.
Acquired by Maj Henry Ponsonby, Grenadier Guards, later Gen Sir Henry Ponsonby GCB, and presented to the Guards Club by Maj Gen Sir John Ponsonby, late Coldstream Guards, 1920.
Associated with the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War (1854-1856).