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Roger Fenton — The Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava
Roger Fenton

The Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava

1855

Heavy machinery and supplies transform this small harbor into an industrial-scale military operation, capturing the war's unprecedented logistical complexity.

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

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Roger Fenton, The Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava, 1855

Heavy machinery and supplies transform this small harbor into an industrial-scale military operation, capturing the war's unprecedented logistical complexity.

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, 19th Century, Landscape, Crimean War, British, Salted Paper Print

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art