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Roger Fenton — Mortar Batteries in front of Picquet House, Light Division
Roger Fenton

Mortar Batteries in front of Picquet House, Light Division

1855

Heavy siege mortars positioned for bombardment represent the industrial-scale warfare that defined this modern conflict between European powers.

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

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