The lines of Balaclava – Vintage 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.)
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The lines of Balaclava
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Titled *The Lines of Balaclava*, this salted paper print shows the British military encampment around the port of Balaklava on the Crimean peninsula. Roger Fenton made it in 1855, during his months in the Crimea photographing the war on commission, while the siege of nearby Sevastopol dragged on. Fenton's pictures aimed to show the camps, supplies and everyday routines of the soldiers rather than the fighting itself. Salted paper, which gives softer detail and a warm brown tone, was a common printing method of the period.
| Created / published | [1855] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : salted paper ; 30 x 36 cm. |
| Genre | Landscape photographs 1850-1860.Salted paper prints 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton Inventory, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection. |
| Subjects | Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military facilities--British. Military camps--British--Ukraine--Balaklava--1850-1860. Military life--British--Ukraine--Balaklava--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,633 × 3,738 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222488 |
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