Fenton was a pioneering British war photographer who documented the Crimean War at precisely the same time as Robertson, creating albumen prints of military personnel and camp life with the same formal documentary precision and sepia toned aesthetic.

Brady was a 19th century photographer renowned for his formal group and individual portraits of military personnel during wartime, employing albumen print techniques to create stark historical documentation with the same composed, serious tonality seen in this work.

Beato was a contemporary of Robertson who also photographed military subjects in conflict zones during the 1850s using albumen print processes, producing formal group portraits of soldiers with the same documentary precision and historical gravitas found in this Crimean War image.