The interior of St John's Cathedral, Valletta, Malta, 1856 (c)
Photograph by James Robertson, 1856 (c).
James Robertson (1813-1888) was an early commercial photographer. Robertson entered into a partnership with his brother-in-law, the photographer Felice Beato (1832-1909) and they visited Malta in the 1850s on a number of expeditions. Robertson also worked in the Middle East and recorded images, with Beato, of the Crimean War (1854-1856).
St John's Cathedral, designed by Giralamo Cassar, was built in the 1570s during the occupation of the island of Malta by the Order of the Knights of St John.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1968-10-73-22
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1968-10-73-22