Officers and men of the 89th Regiment (Royal Irish Fusiliers) – Antique 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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This historic photograph of Officers and men of the 89th Regiment (Royal Irish Fusiliers) brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Officers and men of the 89th Regiment (Royal Irish Fusiliers)
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Among the Crimean War portraits in the Fenton collection, this one stands out for its named sitters: the record identifies officers Leslie Skynner, Frederick Charles Aylmer, Caledon Richard Egerton and John Macdonald Cuppage among the officers and men of the 89th Regiment of Foot, the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Roger Fenton made such group studies during his 1855 visit to the Crimean front, when British regiments camped on the plateau above Sevastopol and photography was still a slow process requiring long exposures. The salted paper print, which gave softer tones than the albumen prints that later replaced it, shows how regimental identity was presented to the public back home.
| Created / published | [1855] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : salted paper ; 14 x 20 cm. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1850-1860.Group portraits 1850-1860.Salted paper prints 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contemporary photographs. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection. Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contemporary photographs / Lawrence James. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1981, no. 17. |
| Subjects | Skynner, Leslie--Military service. Aylmer, Frederick Charles--Military service. Egerton, Caledon Richard--Military service. Cuppage, John Macdonald--Military service. Great Britain.--Army.--Regiment of Foot, 89th--People--1850-1860. Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military personnel--British. Military personnel--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Military uniforms--British--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,633 × 3,733 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222494 |
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