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James Robertson — Crimean Photographs

James Robertson

Crimean Photographs

1855

Groundbreaking photographic documentation represents one of the first comprehensive visual records of warfare, compiled during the Crimean War using the newly developed collodion process.

Medium
Book of photographs (24) on lightly albumenized paper from collodian negatives, dated 1855; bound in leather

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James Robertson, Crimean Photographs, 1855

Groundbreaking photographic documentation represents one of the first comprehensive visual records of warfare, compiled during the Crimean War using the newly developed collodion process.

Medium
Book of photographs (24) on lightly albumenized paper from collodian negatives, dated 1855; bound in leather
Year
1855
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Albumen Print, 1850s, Documentary, Historic, Photograph, Landscape, Book, Sepia, British, War

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