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(CRIMEAN WAR.) Album containing 14 graphite, ink wash and watercolor drawings on paper tipped onto larger sheets with ink captions dated May to November 1854; four drawings monogrammed "EM" and each measuring approximately 5 1/2x10 inches; occasional light foxing, few with a wrinkle at mount points. Oblong 4to, 12x15 1/2 inches, original worn blue cloth with "Crimea" blocked in gilt on upper cover, needs recasing. Crimea, 1854
The fourteen nicely drawn scenes presumably sketched first-hand by an English serviceman during the Crimean War represent: Entrance to the Dardanelles, May 1854 The Dardanelles, May 1854 Castle of Asia - Dardanelles, May 1854 The Barracks at Scutari - Afterwards a Hospital, June 1854 Port of Stanbul - Constantinople, May 1854 Bebek Castle - The Bosphorous, June 1854 Entrance to the Black Sea from the Bosphorous, June 1854 Port of Varna, Fort, Camp, etc from Lake Devna. June, 1854 Plain of Varna. Lake Devna - Company of Guards Camp. June, 1854. Upper End of Lake Devna from 2nd Div. Camp. July, 1854. Pravadi - On the Road from Varna to Shumla. July, 1854. Ruins of the Old Castle of Balaclava - Crimea. October, 1854. The Harbour of Sebastopol - Malakoff Tower, Fort Constantine, etc. Nov. 1854. Upper End of the Harbour. Sebastopol - Inkerman Valley & Ruins. Nov. 1854.
