Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00007060Cossack Bay, Balaklava
by Roger Fenton
Inscriptions
Printed recto, on mount, lower left, in black ink: "Deposé"; recto, on mount, lower right, in black ink: "Cossack Bay, Balaklava."; recto, along bottom edge, in black ink: "Photographed by R. Fenton. Manchester, Published by T. Agnew & Sons, Jan'y 1st 1856. / London, P. & D. Colnaghi H[?], Paris, Moulin, 23, Rue Richer New York, Williams H[?]."; unmarked verso
Exhibition history
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, "A History of Photography from Chicago Collection," April 24–June 6, 1982. Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Permanent Collection Rotation, May 24-October 29, 2017.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Roger Fenton / English, 1819–1869
- Date
- 1855
- Medium
- Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 28.2 × 36 cm (11 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.); Mount: 41.2 × 52.7 cm (16 1/4 × 20 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- salted paper print
- Style
- 19th century
- Place
- England
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Photography Gallery Fund
- Accession no.
- 1959.611.16
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