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Key and dedication page
Key and dedication page

Key and dedication page

Series TitleTen-part Panorama of the Plateau of Sebastopol, Crimea
Artist Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)
Date1855
MediumSalt prints, lithograph, ink on paper
DimensionsOverall (approximate overall): 25 3/8 × 19 1/4 inches (64.47 × 48.9 cm)
Overall (key): 16 3/8 × 44 3/4 inches (41.61 × 113.67 cm)
Overall (dedication page/sheet): 23 7/8 × 19 inches (60.63 × 48.26 cm)
Overall (dedication page/mount): 25 3/8 × 19 1/4 inches (64.47 × 48.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2014.45.10
SignedKey Plate attribution on sheet recto, bottom center: "Published March 1, 1856 / by Thomas Agnew & Sons / Print Sellers and Publishers"
InscribedDedication page inscribed in black ink: "To / Her Most Gracious Majesty / Queen Victoria / This Panorama of / The Plateau of Sebastopol, / Photographed in the Crimea during the Spring / and Summer of 1855, / By Roger Fenton, Esq re / is most respectfully dedicated / By Her Majesty's / most grateful subjects and servants / Thomas Agnew & Sons." Key Plate inscribed on sheet recto, bottom center, printed: "TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY"
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DescriptionIncludes ten photographs on mounts, two panoramic renderings on one sheet which act as the key plate to "Fenton's Photographic Panorama of the Plateau of Sebastopol", and 1 dedication page to Queen Victoria from Thomas Agnew and Sons.
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