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AT-00007276A Council of War: Lord Raglan, Omar Pacha and Pelissier, Taken the eve Before the Taking of the Mankelen, Crimea
by Roger Fenton
Inscriptions
Inscribed recto, on mount, upper right, in graphite: "Variant view of / [illegible] 76"; recto, on mount, along bottom, in black ink and graphite: "A Council of War / Lord Raglan, Omar Pacha & Pelissier, taken the eve before the taking of the Renaro Mankelen ['Renaro' crossed out with graphite, 'Mankelen' written above it] / Crimea / 61 / 58"; inscribed verso, lower left, in black ink: "A. Beaucheux[?] / 1771-1846 / [writing cut off] in Chief / [writing cut off] Portugal / [writing cut off] author etc."
Exhibition history
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Rotation #25, Apr. 9, 2025–Oct. 6, 2025.
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
- Thinly albumenized print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 18.7 × 16.6 cm (7 3/8 × 6 9/16 in.); Mount: 26.9 × 21.6 cm (10 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- albumen silver print
- Style
- 19th century
- Place
- England
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Everett Kovler
- Accession no.
- 1967.316
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