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Leon-Eugéne Méhédin — Battery, Malakoff

Leon-Eugéne Méhédin

Battery, Malakoff

1855

Early documentary photography captures the fortifications of this Crimean War battle site, demonstrating the medium's emerging role in recording military history.

Medium
varnished salt or albumen print from waxed paper negative

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Leon-Eugéne Méhédin, Battery, Malakoff, 1855

Early documentary photography captures the fortifications of this Crimean War battle site, demonstrating the medium's emerging role in recording military history.

Medium
varnished salt or albumen print from waxed paper negative
Year
1855
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Industrial, Monochrome, Photography, French, Albumen Print, Documentary, Landscape, Architecture, Black and White

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Cleveland Museum of Art