Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00007072The Valley of the Shadow of Death
by Roger Fenton
Inscriptions
Printed recto, on mount, lower left, in black ink: "Deposé"; recto, on mount, lower right, in black ink: "The Valley of the Shadow of Death."; recto, on mount, along bottom edge, in black ink: "No. 218. 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
Art Institute of Chicago, "The Reckless Moment," September 17-November 27, 1994. (Hart) Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, “On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography,” May 7–July 30, 1989; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 16–November 26, 1989; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 21, 1989–February 25, 1990. Art Institute of Chicago, "A Measure of Nature: Landscape Photographs from the Permanent Collection,: May30-September 7, 1998. Art Institute of Chicago, "Crossing the Line: Photography Reconsidered." January 29–June 4, 2000. (David Travis) Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Permanent Collection Rotation, November 3, 2012–May 6, 2013.
Publications
Travis, David. 2003. “Cavalry Maneuvers.” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, vol. 29, no. 2. p. 36. fig. 1.
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: 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.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- salted paper print
- Style
- 19th century
- Place
- England
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Photography Gallery Fund
- Accession no.
- 1959.611.17
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