Buildings or sets of buildings erected as common living quarters for groups of soldiers or workers

Crimean War: aerial view of the Castle Hospital, Balaclava. Lithograph after Lady Alicia Blackwood.

Crimean War, Ukraine: patients convalescing on the beach at Castle Hospital, Balaklava. Wood engraving.

Crimean War: panoramic view of the interior of Fort Nicholas. Tinted lithograph by E. Walker, 1856, after W. Simpson.

Two sepoys dressed in Western military uniforms. Gouache drawing.

Malaya: the officers' mess and major's quarters on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Crimean War: soldiers doing their laundry at Balaklava Hospital. Wood engraving.

Malaya: the infantry barracks on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Sikh soldier and wife outside barracks. Gouache drawing.

Crimean War: panoramic view of the Barrack Hospital, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Whitehead after R.P. Leit.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 9.2 x 13.8 cm

1 print : lithograph ; image 20.9 x 36 cm

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; 18.1 x 24.1 cm

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Barracks

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Crimean War: panoramic view of the Barrack Hospital, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Whitehead after R.P. Leit.

Crimean War: soldiers doing their laundry at Balaklava Hospital. Wood engraving.

Crimean War: aerial view of the Castle Hospital, Balaclava. Lithograph after Lady Alicia Blackwood.

Malaya: the officers' mess and major's quarters on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Crimean War, Ukraine: patients convalescing on the beach at Castle Hospital, Balaklava. Wood engraving.

Barracks

Images from the collections

Images referencing Barracks

Works from the collections

Crimean War: panoramic view of the Barrack Hospital, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Whitehead after R.P. Leit.

Crimean War: soldiers doing their laundry at Balaklava Hospital. Wood engraving.

Crimean War: aerial view of the Castle Hospital, Balaclava. Lithograph after Lady Alicia Blackwood.

Malaya: the officers' mess and major's quarters on Penang Island. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.

Crimean War, Ukraine: patients convalescing on the beach at Castle Hospital, Balaklava. Wood engraving.

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