photograph the aftermath of the Indian Rebellion. Robertson also produced photographs in Palestine, Syria, Malta, and Cairo with either or both of the Beato brothers. In the late 1850s, Robertson produced a number of water-colours with popular Orientalist themes such as carpet-sellers and snake charmers. It is unclear whether he painted these, or overpainted photographs with a soft, water-colour wash. In 1860, after Felice Beato left for China to photograph the Second Opium War and Antonio Beato went to Egypt, Robertson briefly teamed up with Charles Shepherd back in Constantinople. The firm of Robertson & Beato was dissolved in 1867, having produced images - including remarkable multiple-print panoramas - of Malta, Greece, Turkey, Damascus, Jerusalem, Egypt, the Crimea and India. Robertson possibly gave up photography in the 1860s; he returned to work as an engraver at the Imperial Ottoman Mint until his retirement in 1881. In that year he left for Yokohama, Japan, arriving in January 1882. He died there in April 1888. Gallery Selected Orientalist photographs Selected war photographs Selected photographs by Robertson and Beato See also History of photography List of Orientalist artists Orientalism References Further reading Clark, John. Japanese Exchanges in Art, 1850s to 1930s with Britain, continental Europe, and the USA: Papers and Research Materials (Sydney: Power Publications, 2001), pp. 89–91, 113. Harris, David. Of Battle and Beauty: Felice Beato's Photographs of China (Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1999). James Robertson: Photographer of Istanbul, London: The British Council, n.d. Oztuncay, Bahattin. James Robertson: Pioneer of Photography in the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul, Eran, 1992 Union List of Artist Names, s.v. "Robertson, James". Accessed 3 April 2006. External links Donnelly, Peter, curator. The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum (Lancaster); Photo Gallery, Crimean War 1854-1856. Accessed 7 November 2007. The Hurriyet Daily News. Commemorating a photographer in Istanbul 1813 births 1888 deaths People from Middlesex War photographers Photographers from the Ottoman Empire English photojournalists Engraved gem artists Orientalist painters Photography in Egypt Photography in Greece Photography in Turkey Photography in Ukraine Pioneers of photography British people of the Crimean War 19th-century British journalists English male journalists Early photographers in Palestine British emigrants to the Ottoman Empire