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Roger Fenton — General Bosquet's Quarters looking toward Mackenzie Farm
Roger Fenton

General Bosquet's Quarters looking toward Mackenzie Farm

1855

Shot from the French commander's vantage point, this photograph demonstrates how Fenton used landscape photography to convey military strategy and the geography of conflict.

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

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Roger Fenton, General Bosquet's Quarters looking toward Mackenzie Farm, 1855

Shot from the French commander's vantage point, this photograph demonstrates how Fenton used landscape photography to convey military strategy and the geography of conflict.

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

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Photography, Documentary, Landscape, Historical, Realistic, British, War, Architecture

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art