James Robertson (photographer)
James Robertson (1813–1888) was an English gem and coin engraver who worked in the Mediterranean region, and who became a pioneering photographer working in the Crimea and possibly India. He is noted for his Orientalist photographs and for being one of the first war photographers.
James Robertson | |
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James Roberton, photograph by the Abdullah Bros, c. 1875 | |
| Born | 1813 Middlesex, England |
| Died | April 1888 (aged 74–75) Yokohama, Japan |
| Known for | Engraver, photographer and watercolourist |
| Notable work | Photographs of the Crimean war |
| Movement | Orientalist |
| Spouse |
Leonilda Maria Matilda Beato
(m. 1855) |
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