Classic, Contemporary & Historic Photography
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LOT 48:
ROGER FENTON Gen Bosquet Crimean War 1855
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Start price:
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1,500
Estimated price :
$3,000 - $6,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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ROGER FENTON Gen Bosquet Crimean War 1855
ROGER FENTON General Bosquet, Nov. 19TH, 1855, 8.125x6.25" Salt Print ASG# RF2/1036 on original 23.5x17.5" album page with printed information
Luminescent print, as rich as a salt print can be, the General is in standing for a portrait, his head illuminated in front a dark richly printed door.
Roger Fenton (1819-1869) celebrated in the History of Photography for work made as one of the first war photographers, photographing the English in Crimean War March 8 to June 26, 1855, against the Russians. He was a founder and first Secretary of the great British Royal Photographic Society. Besides scenic his architectural views are highly regarded. He had a short photographic career from 1852-1862 then sold his negatives and prints to Francis Frith. Credit Luminous Lint
Condition: Excellent. Tones are 10 on a scale of 10, minor wear, mount has light foxing on edges of album page and a few spots in mount
