The valley of the shadow of death – Antique Wall Art
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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 valley of the shadow of death comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The valley of the shadow of death
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Cannonballs lie scattered along a rutted dirt track in this 1855 view, the detail that sets it apart from other pictures of the Crimean War. The title, "The Valley of the Shadow of Death," comes from Psalm 23 and was applied to the ravine on the road between Balaklava and Sevastopol. Roger Fenton made the photograph during his spring 1855 visit to the Crimea, one of the first times a war was recorded by a photographer in the field. Later writers have questioned whether Fenton placed some of the shot on the road himself, which makes the picture a useful case for thinking about how early war photographs were composed.
| Created / published | [1855] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : salted paper ; 28 x 36 cm. |
| Genre | Salted paper prints 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection. Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from the Crimea, with an essay on his life and work / Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. London : Secker & Warburg, 1954, no. 51. Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s : Hayward Gallery, London, 4 February to 17 April 1988. [London] : South Bank Board, c1988, cat. 58. |
| Subjects | Crimean War, 1853-1856. Cannon balls--1850-1860. Dirt roads--Ukraine--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,652 × 3,753 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222561 |
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