Artworks · Roger Fenton

Picquet House, Cathcart's Hill, from General Bosquet's Quarters

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 12.5 × 25.6 cm (4 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.); Mount: 40.1 × 53.4 cm (15 13/16 × 21 1/16 in.)

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The Town of Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 27.2 × 35.8 cm (10 3/4 × 14 1/8 in.); Mount: 40.5 × 53.3 cm (16 × 21 in.)

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The Lines of Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 25.7 × 34.8 cm (10 1/8 × 13 3/4 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.3 cm (15 15/16 × 21 in.)

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Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 21.1 × 34.3 cm (8 5/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 53.1 cm (16 × 20 15/16 in.)

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Balaklava, looking Seawards

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 27.7 × 35.7 cm (10 15/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.1 cm (15 15/16 × 20 15/16 in.)

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Plateau of Sebastopol

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 24.5 × 35.7 cm (9 11/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Mount: 40.5 × 53.2 cm (16 × 21 in.)

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Railway Sheds and Workshops, Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 20.9 × 25.7 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.3 cm (15 15/16 × 21 in.)

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The British Headquarters

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 15.5 × 26.5 cm (6 1/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.2 cm (15 15/16 × 21 in.)

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The Valley of the Shadow of Death

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 27.2 × 36.4 cm (10 3/4 × 14 3/8 in.); Mount: 42.1 × 52.8 cm (16 5/8 × 20 13/16 in.)

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The Genoese Castle, Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.); Mount: 39 × 51.3 cm (15 3/8 × 20 1/4 in.)

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The Guard's Redoubt, Inkermann

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 16.8 × 25 cm (6 5/8 × 9 7/8 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.3 cm (15 15/16 × 21 in.)

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Encampment of Horse Artillery

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 23.9 × 33.8 cm (9 7/16 × 13 5/16 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.3 cm (15 15/16 × 21 in.)

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Sebastopol, from the Mortar Battery

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 23.5 × 35.6 cm (9 5/16 × 14 1/16 in.); Mount: 40.1 × 53.3 cm (15 13/16 × 21 in.)

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Cavalry Camp, looking towards Kadikoi

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 26.1 × 34.3 cm (10 5/16 × 13 9/16 in.); Mount: 40.5 × 53.3 cm (16 × 21 in.)

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Encampment of Horse Artillery

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 24.5 × 35.4 cm (9 11/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 40.3 × 53.4 cm (15 7/8 × 21 1/16 in.)

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Camp of the 5th Dragoon Guards

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 26.8 × 35.4 cm (10 9/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 53 cm (16 1/16 × 20 7/8 in.)

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Camp of the 4th Light Dragoons, Officer's Quarters

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 15.6 × 35.8 cm (6 3/16 × 14 1/8 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.3 cm (15 15/16 × 21 in.)

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Kadikoi, from Camp of Horse Artillery

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 25.2 × 35.2 cm (9 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.); Mount: 40.6 × 53 cm (16 × 20 7/8 in.)

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Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 24.7 × 17.7 cm (9 3/4 × 7 in.); Mount: 53.2 × 40.6 cm (21 × 16 in.)

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Landing Place, Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 27.9 × 36.7 cm (11 × 14 1/2 in.); Mount: 40.3 × 53.2 cm (15 7/8 × 21 in.)

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Landing Place, Railway Stores, Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 28.1 × 36 cm (11 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.); Mount: 40.5 × 53.2 cm (16 × 21 in.)

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Cottages at Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 20.5 × 25.7 cm (8 1/8 × 10 1/8 in.); Mount: 40.3 × 53.3 cm (15 7/8 × 21 in.)

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Sebastopol, from the Redoubt des Anglais

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 14.8 × 23.5 cm (5 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.); Mount: 40.5 × 53.4 cm (16 × 21 1/16 in.)

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Cattle and Carts, leaving Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 19.8 × 25.5 cm (7 13/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.3 cm (15 15/16 × 21 in.)

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Camp of the 4th Light Dragoons

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 23.1 × 35.1 cm (9 1/8 × 13 7/8 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.2 cm (15 15/16 × 21 in.)

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The Old Post Office, Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 20.5 × 25.2 cm (8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53 cm (15 15/16 × 20 7/8 in.)

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General Bosquet's Quarters looking toward Mackenzie Farm

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 17 × 25.6 cm (6 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.); Mount: 40.3 × 53.3 cm (15 7/8 × 21 in.)

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Balaklava from Guard's Hill

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 25.4 × 35.6 cm (10 × 14 1/16 in.); Mount: 40.9 × 53.2 cm (16 1/8 × 21 in.)

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Head of Harbour, Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 19.9 × 25.2 cm (7 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.); Mount: 40.1 × 53.3 cm (15 13/16 × 21 in.)

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Officers on the Look out at Cathcarts Hill

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 23.3 × 34.7 cm (9 3/16 × 13 11/16 in.); Mount: 40.3 × 53.3 cm (15 7/8 × 21 in.)

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The Railway Yard, Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 20.6 × 26 cm (8 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.4 cm (15 15/16 × 21 1/16 in.)

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General View of Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 27.2 × 35.2 cm (10 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.); Mount: 40.5 × 53.2 cm (16 × 21 in.)

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Sir J. Montagu Steele (1820-1890), Military Secretary, Crimea

1855 · Thinly albumenized print

Image/paper: 21.7 × 17 cm (8 9/16 × 6 3/4 in.); Mount: 30 × 22.3 cm (11 13/16 × 8 13/16 in.)

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Sir Charles Ash Windham (1810-1970), General; taken at the Crimea

1855 · Thinly albumenized print

Image/paper: 16.8 × 12.4 cm (6 5/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Mount: 26.2 × 19.5 cm (10 3/8 × 7 11/16 in.)

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Mortar Batteries in front of Picquet House, Light Division

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 22.6 × 34.8 cm (8 15/16 × 13 3/4 in.); Mount: 40.4 × 53.2 cm (15 15/16 × 21 in.)

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The Railway Street at Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 20.1 × 25.8 cm (7 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.); Mount: 40.3 × 49 cm (15 7/8 × 19 5/16 in.)

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Cavalry Camp, Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 27.4 × 33.4 cm (10 13/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Mount: 40.7 × 54.2 cm (16 1/16 × 21 3/8 in.)

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Sir John Miller Adye (1819-1900), General; taken at the Crimea

1855 · Thinly albumenized print

Image/paper: 19.9 × 15.8 cm (7 7/8 × 6 1/4 in.); Mount: 27.2 × 20.4 cm (10 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)

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Sebastopol from Cathcart's Hill

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 21.6 × 34.5 cm (8 9/16 × 13 5/8 in.); Mount: 40.3 × 53.1 cm (15 7/8 × 20 15/16 in.)

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Cottages at Balaklava

1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)

Image/paper: 25.4 × 35.7 cm (10 × 14 1/16 in.); Mount: 40.9 × 53.2 cm (16 1/8 × 21 in.)

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Sir Colin Campbell Lord Clyde (1792-1863), Field Marshal; At the Crimea

1855 · Thinly albumenized print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea"

Image/paper: 23.3 × 18.5 cm (9 3/16 × 7 5/16 in.); Mount: 30.4 × 23.8 cm (12 × 9 3/8 in.)

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Sir George de Lacy Evans (1787-1870), General, Taken at the Crimea

1855 · Thinly albumenized print

Image/paper: 19.2 × 15 cm (7 9/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Mount: 27.2 × 22 cm (10 3/4 × 8 11/16 in.)

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Sir Harry Jones (1791–1866), General; Chief Engineer Sebastopol, Taken on the spot, Crimea

1855 · Thinly albumenized print

Image/paper: 19.8 × 15 cm (7 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Mount: 28 × 22.4 cm (11 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

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Colonel Simmons, attaché to Omar Pacha, The Crimea

1855 · Thinly albumenized print

Image/paper: 27.2 × 22.4 cm (10 3/4 × 8 7/8 in.); Mount: 33 × 23.3 cm (13 × 9 3/16 in.)

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Archibald Gordon (1812-1886), Principal Medical Officer at the Crimea; Taken at the Crimea

1855 · Thinly albumenized print

Image/paper: 18.5 × 16.6 cm (7 5/16 × 6 9/16 in.); Mount: 26.8 × 22.1 cm (10 9/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

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George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1910), Field Marshal; Crimea

1855 · Thinly albumenized print

Image/paper: 20.5 × 16.4 cm (8 1/8 × 6 1/2 in.); Mount: 35.2 × 23.5 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/16 in.)

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Jas. B.B. Estcourt (1802-1855) General, Taken at the Crimea Shortly Before his Death 1802-1855

1855 · Thinly albumenized print

Image/paper: 19.5 × 14.7 cm (7 11/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Mount: 27.7 × 21.1 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)

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Robert Brownrigg, taken at the Crimea

1855 · Thinly albumenized print

Image/paper: 17.2 × 13 cm (6 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.); Mount: 26 × 22.3 cm (10 1/4 × 8 13/16 in.)

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