James Robertson
1856
Valletta from Fort Manoel
[Photographic views of Malta, taken in 1856, by James Robertson]

Salted paper print, from glass negative
23.8 x 30.5 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2700018
 
View of Valletta from Fort St Manoel across Marsamxett harbour with, in the foreground, the polverista (the gunpowder magazine of the fort). In the distance, the two bell towers on the left belong to St John's Co Cathedral.
 
LL/91070