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| Artist | William Simpson (1823-1899) |
| Engraver | Georges McCulloch |
| Date | 1856 |
| Technique | Lithography, Sepia-toned |
| Category | Military |
| Source | The Campaign in the Crimea: An Historical Sketch by George Brackenbury, London, Published Oct. 1, 1856 by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen |
The Kerch Campaign was a successful landing operation by Allied forces (Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire) on the strategically important Kerch Peninsula on the eastern shore of the Black Sea in May 1855 during the Crimean War. With this operation, the Allies aimed to cut off Russia's supply routes to the Sea of Azov. This engraving depicts the Allied landing at the port of Kerch in 1855 during the Crimean War and the subsequent blowing up of St. Paul's Battery, one of the key points of the Russian defense line. When the Allied troops landed, the Russian Army blew up the battery with its own hands. This event is symbolized in the engraving by the rising smoke in the right background. In addition, the engraving depicts the landing of the soldiers on the shore, the transportation of equipment and the chaos on the battlefield in detail. William Simpson, who painted this engraving, was a painter and engraver sent to the war zones for The Illustrated London News during the Crimean War.
