ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Tartar labourers
1855RCIN 2500402
The Tartars settled in the Crimea in the mid-thirteenth century during the expansion of the Mongol Empire. In the Crimea the group gradually incorporated other diverse ethnic peoples, becoming defined by their adoption of Islam and use of a Turkic language. During the Crimean War, thousands of Tartars fled the Crimea for the Ottoman Empire.
From the collection of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII
From the collection of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII