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Roger Fenton — Encampment of the 71st Regiment
Roger Fenton

Encampment of the 71st Regiment

1855

Military precision in camp layout reflects Victorian organizational methods, captured here with the methodical approach that made Fenton's war photography groundbreaking.

Medium
Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

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Roger Fenton, Encampment of the 71st Regiment, 1855

Military precision in camp layout reflects Victorian organizational methods, captured here with the methodical approach that made Fenton's war photography groundbreaking.

Medium
Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)
Year
1855
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Monochrome, Documentary, Photograph, Landscape, Military, Historical, War Photography, Crimean War, British, Salted Paper Print

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art