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AT-00007280Sir Hy. Fk. Ponsonby (1825-1892) General; Thomas Hook Pearson (1806-1892) General; Fredrick Markham (1805-1855) General; Taken on the Field, Crimea
by Roger Fenton
Inscriptions
Inscribed recto, on mount, upper left, in graphite: "3"; recto, upper left, on image, in graphite: "1st [underlined] Ponsonby"; recto, upper right, on image, in graphite: "2 / Pearson"; recto, right center, on image, in graphite: "Markham / 3"; recto, on mount, lower left, in black ink: "Sir HY. FK. Ponsonby 1825-1895 General / Thomas Hook Pearson 1806-1892 General / Frederick Markham 1805-1855 General / com? attack on Redan"; recto, on mount, lower right, in black ink: "Taken on the freed / Crimea 1854-5 74 / 20"; inscribed verso, upper left, in graphite: "J. Bowles / Admiral"
Exhibition history
Art Institute of Chicago, "Seldom Seen Photographs from the Permanent Collection," June 5, 1976-August 15, 1976.
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
- 1854/55
- Medium
- Thinly albumenized print
- Dimensions
- Image/paper: 19.3 × 15.7 cm (7 5/8 × 6 3/16 in.); Mount: 28.9 × 21.8 cm (11 7/16 × 8 5/8 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.
- 1967.325
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