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Officers and men of the 8th Hussars. – Antique Print

Officers and men of the 8th Hussars., [1855] — historic photograph
Officers and men of the 8th Hussars., [1855]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Officers and men of the 8th Hussars. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Here the British 8th Hussars, a light cavalry regiment, are gathered as a group in the Crimea, where the regiment had served since the war began in 1854. The photographer, Roger Fenton, reached the Crimea in March 1855 and made a large body of images of British officers, soldiers, and camp life there, among the earliest photographs taken of a war. This salted paper print is one of his portraits from that year, when the 8th Hussars were part of the army besieging Sevastopol. Its sharp group arrangement shows how Fenton used the stiff conventions of studio portraiture to present a regiment as orderly and disciplined.

Created / published[1855]
Medium1 photographic print : salted paper ; 16 x 17 cm.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Group portraits 1850-1860.Salted paper prints 1850-1860.
NotesTitle transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from the Crimea, with an essay on his life and work. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection. Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from the Crimea, with an essay on his life and work / Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. London : Secker & Warburg, 1954, no. 47.
SubjectsCrimean War, 1853-1856--Military personnel--British. Military officers--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,702 × 4,536 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222685

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