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Roger Fenton 
Cemetery on Cathcart's Hill - officers on the lookout 
1855 
  
Salted paper print 
24.7 x 34.7 cm (image) 
  
The Royal Collection 
RCIN 2500536 
  
 
LL/91046 
  
Photograph of soldiers on the lookout from the cemetery on Cathcart's Hill. A group of soldiers are gathered to the right, with one bending down to look through a telescope. The ground is covered in rocks and there are two graves in the foreground to the right. Hills can be seen in the distance. Cathcart's Hill, named after the grave of General Cathcart, was the main cemetery for British soldiers killed during the Crimean War. It was also used as an observation point as from it commanders could view the progress of the Siege of Sevastopol. 
 

 
  
 
  
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