The Genoese Castle, Balaklava
Artist
Roger Fenton
(English, 1819 - 1869)
Dateca. 1855
MediumSalt print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 10 13/16 × 14 1/16 inches (27.46 × 35.72 cm)
Mount: 18 7/8 × 25 3/16 inches (47.94 × 63.98 cm)
Mount: 18 7/8 × 25 3/16 inches (47.94 × 63.98 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2014.31.14
SignedOn mount recto, center, printed in black type: "Photographed by R. Fenton Manchester, Published by T. Agnew & Sons, Nov 19th 1855. / London P&D Colnaghi [?] Paris, Moulin, 23, Rue Richer. New York, Williams ...[?]"
InscribedOn mount recto, lower right, printed in black type: "The Genoese Castle, Balaklava"
MarkingsOn mount recto, lower left, printed in black type: "Depose.";
On mount recto, lower left corner, printed in black type: "No 3";
On mount recto, lower right corner, in pencil: "2";
On mount verso, center, in pencil: "2";
On mount verso, top right corner, in pencil: "$16,000", "43" / "Y1349".
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of tents at base of mountain and blurry figure with horse next to ships in water.
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