IMAGO International History, Crimean War, Siege of Sevastopol 1854-1855

Jun 24, 2025

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CRIMEAN WAR: OFFICERS. British officers enjoy their Christmas dinner in the hills above Sevastopol during the year-long siege of that city by British and French troops, 1854-1855, in the Crimean War. Contemporary lithograph, English, by William Simpson. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637060
CRIMEAN WAR: BALAKLAVA. Supplies from British ships are transferred to the railway in the harbor of Balaklava on the Crimean peninsula, in 1854 or 1855. Contemporary English lithograph by William Simpson. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637059
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL, 1855. British soldiers of the 26th Gun Battery dig trenches in the snow during the year-long British and French siege of the city of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Lithograph, English, by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637058
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Soldiers filling sand bags and firing at enemy toops at the mortar battery under British Major Charles Godron at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855. English lithograph by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637040
CRIMEAN WAR: ARTILLERY. Cannons and mortars being loaded and fired while men bring in supplies, at a British artillery battery at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855. Contemporary English lithograph by William Simpson. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637037
CRIMEAN WAR: ARTILLERY. Cannons and mortars being loaded and fired while wounded soldiers are carried away, at a British artillery battery at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855. Contemporary English lithograph by William Simpson. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637036
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Mortar battery under British Major Charles Godron at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855. English lithograph by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637035
CRIMEAN WAR: SEBASTOPOL. View from the HMS Sidon at the Siege of Sebastopol during the Crimean War. English lithograph by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637031
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Zouaves standing guard at a French battery during the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. English lithograph by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637025
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Map showing Sevastopol, showing the harbor, Russian fortifications and lines of defense, as well as French (blue) and British (red) lines of attack, during the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855-1856. French etching by Charles Alexandre Fay, 1867. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637020
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Destruction of the public library and the Temple of the Winds following the Russian evacuation of Sevastopol, 8 September 1855. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637002
CRIMEAN WAR: FORT NICHOLAS. Interior of the Russian Fort Nicholas, which defended Sebastopol harbor during the Crimean War. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637001
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Ditch with spiked timbers, gabions, and bomb shelters at of the Bastion du Mât, a French redoubt at the left of the British lines at Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637000
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Battery and trenches at the Bastion du Mât, a French redoubt at the left of the British lines at Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636999
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Interior of the Russian Malakoff fortification after the successful French assault at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 8 September 1855. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636780
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. French soldiers at the Russian fortification at Malakoff Hill, during the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636109
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. The French assault on the Russian Malakoff fortification at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 8 September 1855. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636087
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Siege of Sevastopol, during the Crimean War, 1854-55. Contemporary line engraving. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0099561
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. The fall of Sevastopol to the British and French armies during the Crimean War. Title page for The History of the War Against Russia, published in England, 1857. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0095427
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Plan of attack and defenses of the south and north sides of the harbour and town of Sevastopol. Contemporary engraving. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0082109
CRIMEAN WAR, 1856. Retreat of the Russians during the Siege of Sevastopol by British and French forces, 8 September 1855. Contemporary steel engraving. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0047312
CRIMEAN WAR, 1856. Retreat of the Russians during the Siege of Sevastopol by British and French forces, 8 September 1855. Contemporary steel engraving. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0005765
CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. The British military commander General Sir George de Lacy Evans and his forces at the Siege of Sevastopol in 1854. Wood engraving, American, 1854. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0002376
SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL, 1854. The French military commander General Francois Certain Canrobert and his forces at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1854. Wood engraving, American, 1854. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0002375

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CRIMEAN WAR: OFFICERS. British officers enjoy their Christmas dinner in the hills above Sevastopol during the year-long siege of that city by British and French troops, 1854-1855, in the Crimean War. Contemporary lithograph, English, by William Simpson. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637060

CRIMEAN WAR: BALAKLAVA. Supplies from British ships are transferred to the railway in the harbor of Balaklava on the Crimean peninsula, in 1854 or 1855. Contemporary English lithograph by William Simpson. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637059

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL, 1855. British soldiers of the 26th Gun Battery dig trenches in the snow during the year-long British and French siege of the city of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Lithograph, English, by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637058

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Soldiers filling sand bags and firing at enemy toops at the mortar battery under British Major Charles Godron at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855. English lithograph by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637040

CRIMEAN WAR: ARTILLERY. Cannons and mortars being loaded and fired while men bring in supplies, at a British artillery battery at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855. Contemporary English lithograph by William Simpson. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637037

CRIMEAN WAR: ARTILLERY. Cannons and mortars being loaded and fired while wounded soldiers are carried away, at a British artillery battery at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855. Contemporary English lithograph by William Simpson. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637036

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Mortar battery under British Major Charles Godron at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855. English lithograph by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637035

CRIMEAN WAR: SEBASTOPOL. View from the HMS Sidon at the Siege of Sebastopol during the Crimean War. English lithograph by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637031

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Zouaves standing guard at a French battery during the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. English lithograph by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637025

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Destruction of the public library and the Temple of the Winds following the Russian evacuation of Sevastopol, 8 September 1855. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637002

CRIMEAN WAR: FORT NICHOLAS. Interior of the Russian Fort Nicholas, which defended Sebastopol harbor during the Crimean War. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637001

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Ditch with spiked timbers, gabions, and bomb shelters at of the Bastion du Mât, a French redoubt at the left of the British lines at Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637000

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Battery and trenches at the Bastion du Mât, a French redoubt at the left of the British lines at Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636999

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Interior of the Russian Malakoff fortification after the successful French assault at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 8 September 1855. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636780

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. French soldiers at the Russian fortification at Malakoff Hill, during the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1855. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1856. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636109

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. The French assault on the Russian Malakoff fortification at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 8 September 1855. Lithograph by William Simpson, 1855. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0636087

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Siege of Sevastopol, during the Crimean War, 1854-55. Contemporary line engraving. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0099561

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. The fall of Sevastopol to the British and French armies during the Crimean War. Title page for The History of the War Against Russia, published in England, 1857. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0095427

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. Plan of attack and defenses of the south and north sides of the harbour and town of Sevastopol. Contemporary engraving. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0082109

CRIMEAN WAR, 1856. Retreat of the Russians during the Siege of Sevastopol by British and French forces, 8 September 1855. Contemporary steel engraving. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0047312

CRIMEAN WAR, 1856. Retreat of the Russians during the Siege of Sevastopol by British and French forces, 8 September 1855. Contemporary steel engraving. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0005765

CRIMEAN WAR: SEVASTOPOL. The British military commander General Sir George de Lacy Evans and his forces at the Siege of Sevastopol in 1854. Wood engraving, American, 1854. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0002376

SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL, 1854. The French military commander General Francois Certain Canrobert and his forces at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, 1854. Wood engraving, American, 1854. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0002375