Cavalry Camp, Balaklava

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Roger Fenton

Title

Cavalry Camp, Balaklava

Origin

England

Date

Made 1855

Medium

Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Inscriptions

Printed recto, on mount, lower left, in black ink: "Deposé"; recto, on mount, lower right, in black ink: "Cavalry Camp, Balaklava."; recto, along bottom edge, in black ink: "Photographed by R. Fenton. Manchester, Published by T. Agnew & Sons, Jan'y 1st 1856. / London, P. & D. Colnaghi H[?], Paris, Moulin, 23, Rue Richer New York, Williams H[?]."; unmarked verso

Dimensions

27.4 × 33.4 cm (image/paper); 40.7 × 54.2 cm (mount)

Credit Line

Photography Gallery Fund

Reference Number

1959.611.34

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