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Captain King, horse artillery – Antique Print

Captain King, horse artillery, [1855] — historic photograph
Captain King, 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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This rare historic photograph captures Captain King, horse artillery in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This portrait shows Captain King of the Royal Horse Artillery, photographed in Crimea in 1855, with the surrounding horses and huts noted in the record. The print is on salted paper, the process Roger Fenton used during his time photographing the war, when exposures were long and equipment was cumbersome. Horse artillery units moved guns quickly over rough ground, so a mounted officer of this branch speaks to a central part of the campaign. Fenton's Crimean photographs, of which this print is part, are among the earliest sustained photographic records of a war.

Created / published[1855]
Medium1 photographic print : salted paper ; 15.6 x 17 cm.
GenrePortrait photographs 1850-1860.Salted paper prints 1850-1860.
NotesTitle transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.
SubjectsGreat Britain.--Army.--Royal Horse Artillery--People--1850-1860. Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military personnel--British. Military officers--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Horses--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Huts--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,935 × 4,907 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222587

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