A quiet day in the Mortar Battery

A quiet day in the Mortar Battery

Photograph

Roger Fenton

Maker
English, 1819–1869

A quiet day in the Mortar Battery

1855
Salted paper print
Image: 9 7/16 × 13 5/8 in. (23.9 × 34.6 cm)
Mount: 16 1/16 × 20 1/16 in. (40.8 × 51 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Alden Scott Boyer
1981.1238.0052
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, BR: A quiet day in the Mortar Battery.
Printed on mount on recto, BL: Deposé.
Printed on mount on recto, BC: Photographed by R. Fenton. Manchester, Published by T. Agnew & Sons Jan'y 1st 1856. \ London, P.&D. Colnaghi & Co. Paris, Moulin, 23, Rue Richer New York, Williams & Co.
Blind stamp on mount on recto, BC: T. AGNEW & SONS \ publishers \ MANCHESTER
Stamped in blue on mount on verso, BLC: EASTMAN HISTORICAL \ PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BLC: 57
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