Lot Essay
This is the earliest known portrait of Roger Fenton, who lived and studied in Paris, perhaps intermittently, from the spring of 1844 until at least 1846, when his second son was born there.
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Portrait of Roger Fenton, 1844
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Portrait of Roger Fenton, 1844
Watercolour, pencil and body colour, 6½ x 5.1/8 in., inscribed Paris, May 17,1844, Roger Fenton in ink lower left corner
Portrait of Roger Fenton, 1844
Watercolour, pencil and body colour, 6½ x 5.1/8 in., inscribed Paris, May 17,1844, Roger Fenton in ink lower left corner
Literature
Lloyd, Roger Fenton, Photographer of the 1850s, frontispiece and p. 2
Sale room notice
It is now thought that this portrait is by Roger Fenton rather than of him. The note for this description should therefore be disregarded.