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The Smolnoi Monastery

A work made of salted paper print.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of salted paper print.

Date:

1851-52

Artist:

Roger Fenton
English, 1819–1869

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Roger Fenton

Title

The Smolnoi Monastery

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1851–1852

Medium

Salted paper print

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, on mount, along bottom edge, below image, in graphite: "The Smolnoi Monastery, from Okta [?], near St Petersburg."; unmarked verso

Dimensions

Image/paper: 17.1 × 21.5 cm (6 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.); Mount: 43.4 × 55 cm (17 1/8 × 21 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Leigh B. Block

Reference Number

1982.1407

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