Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards, convivial party, French & English

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Roger Fenton

Title

Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards, convivial party, French & English

Place

England (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1855

Medium

Salted paper print, plate 26 from the album "Photographs Taken in the Crimea" (1856)

Inscriptions

Printed recto, on mount, lower left, in black ink: "Deposé."; recto, on mount, lower center, in black ink: "Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards, convivial party, French & English."; recto, on mount, lower center, in black ink: "Photographed by R. Fenton. Manchester, Published by T. Agnew & Sons, March 25th 1856. / London, P. & D. Colnaghi H[?] Paris, Moulin, 23, Rue Richer. New York, Williams H[?]"; inscribed recto, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "26"; unmarked verso

Dimensions

Image/paper: 16.7 × 16.8 cm (6 5/8 × 6 5/8 in.); Mount: 58.9 × 42.5 cm (23 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Hugh Edwards Photography and Media Purchase Fund

Reference Number

1969.452

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