The Town of Balaclava, from the Crimean War series

Roger Fenton, English, 1819 - 1869

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1856

Salt print from wet collodiion negative, with an original lithographed mount

Sheet: 10 13/16 × 14 1/8 in. (27.5 × 35.8 cm)

Mount: 16 1/2 × 22 9/16 in. (41.9 × 57.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs. Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund

2013.15

Publisher

Thomas Agnew & Sons, Manchester | Colnaghi & Co, London

Geography

Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe

Period

19th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Printed, on mount, lower right: The Town of Balaklava; printed on mount, lower center: Photographed by R. Fenton. Manshester. Published by T. Argew & Sons. Jany. 1st. 1856. / London P. & D. Colnaghi [illeg.]: Paris. Moulin. 23. Rue Richer. New York, Williams [illeg.]; printed, on mount, lower left: Depose Stamped, on mount, lower center margin: [in rectangle] THE / NEWBERRY / LIBRARY / CHICAGO; inscribed, lower right corner, in graphite: 67.; inscribed, in graphite, lower left corner: 20

Course History

SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection , Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015

ARTH 48.08, The Photographic Medium, Allan Doyle, Winter 2019

ARTH 41.04, European Art 1850-1900, Allan Doyle, Spring 2019

ARTH 41.04, European Art 1850-1900, Allan Doyle, Spring 2019

ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020

ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020

ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020

Art History 48.02, Histories of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2024

Provenance

The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois; Sotheby's, Photographs, New York, April 26, 1990; Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2013.

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