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Lieutenant Strangeways [i.e., Strangways], Royal Horse Artillery – Vintage Print

Lieutenant Strangeways [i.e., Strangways], Royal Horse Artillery, [1855] — historic photograph
Lieutenant Strangeways [i.e., Strangways], Royal Horse Artillery, [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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A window into the past: Lieutenant Strangeways [i.e., Strangways], Royal Horse Artillery, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Lieutenant Strangeways [i.e., Strangways], Royal Horse Artillery

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A lieutenant of the Royal Horse Artillery stands beside his horses in this 1855 portrait. The name appears on the back of the print as "Strangeways," though the subject heading spells it "Strangways." The picture belongs to Roger Fenton's Crimean War photographs, made during his months in the Crimea in 1855 while the British army was camped above Sevastopol. Fenton's negatives were wet collodion, and this is a salted paper print, a process that produced soft, warm tones and was the standard way to print such images at the time. The horses in the frame are a reminder of how central cavalry and artillery animals were to the campaign.

Created / published[1855]
Medium1 photographic print : salted paper ; 20 x 17 cm.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Salted paper prints 1850-1860.
NotesTitle transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.
SubjectsStrangways, Walter Aston Fox--Military service. Great Britain.--Army.--Royal Horse Artillery--People--1850-1860. Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military personnel--British. Military officers--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Horses--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,668 × 4,517 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222610

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