Officers of the 71st Highlanders – Antique Wall Art
![Officers of the 71st Highlanders, [1855] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0a/0a5bfed0d4b6-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Officers of the 71st Highlanders, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Officers of the 71st Highlanders
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Officers of the 71st Highlanders, the Highland Light Infantry, pose before a row of bell tents in Crimea, placing them in the everyday surroundings of the campaign rather than a studio. Roger Fenton, the British photographer who went to Crimea in 1855 to record the war, made this salted paper print that year. His camp views favored orderly, composed scenes of officers and soldiers, offering a steadier picture of the conflict than the hardships of the siege. Salted paper prints required long exposures, so the sitters hold still, and the soft tones of the tents and uniforms are part of the image's character.
| Created / published | [1855] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : salted paper ; 22 x 18 cm. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1850-1860.Group portraits 1850-1860.Salted paper prints 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton Series. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection. |
| Subjects | Great Britain.--Army.--Regiment of Foot, 71st (Highland Light Infantry)--People--1850-1860. Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military personnel--British. Soldiers--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Military life--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Bell tents--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,972 × 4,902 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222600 |
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