The Sanitary Commission

The Sanitary Commission

Photograph

Roger Fenton

Maker
English, 1819–1869

The Sanitary Commission

1855
Salted paper print
Image: 7 11/16 × 6 5/16 in. (19.5 × 16.1 cm)
Mount: 15 11/16 × 12 3/8 in. (39.8 × 31.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Alden Scott Boyer
1981.1238.0056
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, BC: DR. SUTHERLAND. ROBERT RAWLINSON, ESQ.
Printed on mount on recto, BR: The Sanitary Commission.
Printed on mount on recto, BL: Deposé. \ No. 128.+
Printed on mount on recto, BC: Photographed by R. Fenton. Manchester, Published by T. Agnew & Sons, March 25th 1856. \ London, P.&D. Colnaghi & Co. Paris, Moulin, 23, Rue Richer. New York, Williams & Co.
Stamped in black on mount on verso, BL: GERNSHEIM COLLECTION.
Stamped in purple on mount on verso, BLC: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BLC: 26 5018
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