A Quiet Day in the Mortar Battery

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Roger Fenton

Title

A Quiet Day in the Mortar Battery

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1855

Medium

Salted paper print, plate 7 from the album "Photographs Taken in the Crimea" (1856)

Dimensions

Image/paper: 24.4 × 35.2 cm (9 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Mount: 42.5 × 58.9 cm (16 3/4 × 23 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Hugh Edwards Photography and Media Purchase Fund

Reference Number

1969.433

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