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AT-00007822A Quiet Day in the Mortar Battery
by Roger Fenton
Inscriptions
Printed recto, on mount, lower left, in black ink: "Deposé"; recto, on mount, lower right, in black ink: "A quiet day in the Mortar Battery."; recto, on mount, 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
Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 10 Permanent Collection Rotation, August 11-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: 24 × 34.6 cm (9 1/2 × 13 5/8 in.); Mount: 41.7 × 53 cm (16 7/16 × 20 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- salted paper print
- Style
- 19th century
- Place
- England
- Department
- Photography and Media
- Credit line
- Photography Gallery Fund
- Accession no.
- 1959.611.4
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