The Town of Balaclava, from the Crimean War series
Roger Fenton, English, 1819 - 1869
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
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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