Field train, horse artillery – Historic Reproduction
![Field train, horse artillery, [1855] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d8/d8c220100cde-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: Field train, horse artillery, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Field train, horse artillery
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Roger Fenton's 1855 salted paper print shows a field train of horse artillery in the Crimea, a detail that sets it apart from the many horse portraits on this board. Fenton arrived in the Crimean peninsula in 1855 to make photographs for the British public, and his work is among the first sustained photographic coverage of a war. Horse artillery units moved quickly with their guns and supply wagons, so a field train like this one was essential to keeping the batteries supplied in camp and on campaign. The print's title, transcribed from the back, names the scene directly, and its salted paper process gives it the soft, warm tones typical of photographs from the 1850s.
| Created / published | [1855] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : salted paper ; 15 x 19 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. |
| Subjects | Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military facilities--Ukraine--Crimea. Crimean War, 1853-1856--Equipment & supplies--Ukraine--Crimea. Horse artillery--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Military camps--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,217 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-124059 |
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