Major Keane, on the staff at Balaklava – Historic Print
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(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Major Keane, on the staff at Balaklava in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Major Keane, on the staff at Balaklava
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Roger Fenton's 1855 portrait of Major Keane shows a British officer at Balaklava, the Crimean harbor town that served as the main supply base for the British army during the war. Fenton, a photographer sent out to document the conflict, made a number of images of officers and their horses there, and the subjects listed for this print include both. The salted paper process he used required long exposures and produced soft, warm tones, which give the print its characteristic look. Because the sitter's name is written on the back, it is one of the few pictures from this series that identifies a specific officer rather than a general scene.
| Created / published | [1855] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : salted paper ; 21.7 x 17 cm. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1850-1860.Salted paper prints 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from verso. 124*" written or printed at top of photo. DLC Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection." |
| Subjects | Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military personnel--British. Military officers--British--Ukraine--Balaklava--1850-1860. Horses--Ukraine--Balaklava--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,935 × 4,912 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222586 |
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