Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Biddulph, Michael Anthony Shrapnel
Title:
Assault of Sevastopol : two topographical & panoramic sketches, representing the advanced lines of attack, and the Russian defences, in front of Sevastopol : with a description and remarks / the sketches by Captain M.A. Biddulph.
Published / Created:
London : Chapman & Hall, [1855]
Physical Description:
3 pt. : ill. ; 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title to parts 2 and 3 varies: Topographical sketches of the ground before Sevastopol : accompanied by an explanatory description.
Contents:
Contents of the plates: Sketch shewing the advanced parallels in front of the Green Hill or left attack batteries -- Sketch looking down the ravine which divides the right and left attacks -- Sketch from the second parallel of the right attack, on the Crown Battery Ridge -- Sketch looking down the middle ravine towards Sevastopol -- Sketch looking down Careening Bay Ravine.
Subject Terms:
Sevastopolʹ (Ukraine) -- History -- Siege, 1854–1855 -- Pictorial works. | Crimean War, 1853–1856 -- Campaigns. | Crimean War, 1853–1856 -- Campaigns & battles -- Ukraine -- Sevastopolʹ. | Panoramas. | Chapman & Hall -- Publisher. | Stanford, Edward -- Publisher. | Royal Artillery Institution -- Publisher. | Day & Son -- Printer. | Hullmandel & Walton -- Printer. | Lithography -- Specimens -- 1855.
Form/Genre:
Panoramas.