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Roger Fenton — Landing Place, Railway Stores, Balaklava
Roger Fenton

Landing Place, Railway Stores, Balaklava

1855

Military supplies and equipment crowd this bustling harbor scene, documenting the massive logistical operation required to sustain British forces during one of photography's first wars.

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

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Roger Fenton, Landing Place, Railway Stores, Balaklava, 1855

Military supplies and equipment crowd this bustling harbor scene, documenting the massive logistical operation required to sustain British forces during one of photography's first wars.

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, Photography, Documentary, Architectural, Landscape, Historical, Sepia, British, War, Salted Paper Print

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art