Historical Portrait Gallery - Incidents of Camp Life

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ROGER FENTON
Historical Portrait Gallery - Incidents of Camp Life
Manchester: Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1855-56. With 80 salt and 6 lightly-coated albumen prints. Varying sizes from 5 5/8 x 5 5/8in. (14.2 x 14.2cm.) to 6 3/8 x 9 7/8in. (16.2 x 25.1cm.) or reverse. Each with printed photographer's, publisher's and retailer's credits and title, publisher's blindstamp credit on mount. Each mounted one-per-page. Printed dedication page To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria This Series of Historical Portraits, Photographed in the Crimea during the Spring and Summer of 1855, By Roger Fenton, Esqre. is most respectfully dedicated By Her Majesty's most grateful subjects and servants Thomas Agnew & Sons., ex-libris bookplate Chiswick on front pastedown. Brown half leather, gilt, gilt credit, title and owner's stamp in gilt on spine.
Album size: 23 x 17in. (58.5 x 43.2cm.)

Provenance

As in previous lot.

Literature

See: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, Photographer of the Crimean War, pp. 24-25, 31, 41-42, 44, 49, 55, 59, 63, 70-71, 75-76, 79-80; Hannavy, Roger Fenton of Crimble Hall, pp. 38-39, 42, 47.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Including Fenton's self-portrait in a borrowed Zouave uniform, portraits of British and French officers and staff, Croat chiefs (illustrated), Zouave soldiers and scenes of camp life. Titles available upon request.

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