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Officers on the Lookout at Cathcart's Hill by Roger Fenton

Officers on the Lookout at Cathcart's Hill

Roger Fenton · 1855

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DETAILS
Artist
Roger Fenton
Date
1855
Medium
salted paper print from wet collodion negative
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Photography
Culture
England, 19th century
Credit line
Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund
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Roger Fenton

Roger Fenton, a pioneering British photographer, captured the stark landscapes and posed portraits of the Crimean War, becoming one of the world's first war photographers.

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