Encampment of horse artillery. – 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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A window into the past: Encampment of horse artillery., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Encampment of horse artillery.
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Bell tents and the men of the Royal Horse Artillery make up this Crimean encampment, photographed in 1855 by Roger Fenton, the British photographer who worked in the Crimea that year. The record links the scene to John James Brandling, a British officer whose military service is noted in the subject list. The salted paper process gives the print its soft, warm tones, and the long exposures of the day meant that nothing in the frame could move quickly. The camp therefore looks ordered and still, with the horses and tents set out in neat rows. Fenton's Crimean work is among the earliest sustained photographic records of a military campaign.
| Created / published | [1855] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : salted paper ; 29 x 37 cm. |
| Genre | Salted paper prints 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Title 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. |
| Subjects | Brandling, John James--Military service. Great Britain.--Army.--Royal Horse Artillery--People--1850-1860. Crimean War, 1853-1856--Military personnel--British. Military personnel--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Military camps--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Military life--British--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. Bell tents--Ukraine--Crimea--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,638 × 3,733 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222505 |
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