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Encampment of horse artillery – Vintage Wall Art

Encampment of horse artillery, [1855] — historic photograph
Encampment of horse artillery, [1855]. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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Horses and their handlers stand at the center of this 1855 view of a Royal Horse Artillery encampment in the Crimea, a subject that drew Roger Fenton's camera during the Crimean War. Fenton, who went to the peninsula that spring to record the conflict, made his pictures as salted paper prints, a process that required long exposures and left a soft, warm tone. Because the men and animals had to hold still, the scene reads as orderly and calm, though the camps around it were supporting a brutal siege. The mounted batteries were prized for their speed on the battlefield, and this image shows the daily routine that kept them ready.

Created / published[1855]
Medium1 photographic print : salted paper ; 29 x 37 cm.
GenreSalted paper prints 1850-1860.
NotesTitle 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.
SubjectsGreat Britain.--Army.--Royal Horse Artillery--Facilities--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military personnel--British. Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military facilities--British. Military personnel--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Military camps--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,627 × 3,738 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222554

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