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Roger Fenton — Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.B.
Roger Fenton

Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.B.

1855

Formal military portraiture meets documentary photography in Fenton's dignified rendering of the Scottish general, part of his groundbreaking coverage of the Crimean conflict.

Medium
Salted paper print, from the album "Photographs Taken in the Crimea" (1856)

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Roger Fenton, Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.B., 1855

Formal military portraiture meets documentary photography in Fenton's dignified rendering of the Scottish general, part of his groundbreaking coverage of the Crimean conflict.

Medium
Salted paper print, from the album "Photographs Taken in the Crimea" (1856)
Year
1855
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Documentary, 19th Century, Photograph, Military, Historical, Portrait, Sepia, Monochromatic, British, Salted Paper Print, Formal

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