Interior of the Redan Battery, Crimea
Salt print, c. 1856
6/10; 242 x 303 mm, mounted
$SOLD

One of the most iconic and frequently published Crimean War photographs. Almost inevitably, as usual the print shows fading as it seems Robertson failed to wash his Crimean salt prints well enough.

Marble slab from the Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis
Light Albumen print, c. 1853
8-9/10; 267 x 252 mm, mounted
$4250.

A good example of Robertson's early Greek work. Robertson's views of Greece are rare but like his Crimean photographs are most often seen as early prints which are yellowed or faded. See another example of this print in 'Photographs by James Robertson, from the Photographic Archive of the Bengaki Museum', Constantinou and Tsigakou, 1998. Illustrated as plate 20 (p. 99), the museum's example is more tightly cropped and appears to be a very yellow print.