Roger Fenton

British · 1819–1869 · Photographer

Roger Fenton was an English photographer, noted as one of the first war photographers. (Wikipedia)

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Roger Fenton was an English photographer, noted as one of the first war photographers.

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Born 1819, Crimble Hall, HeywoodDied 1869, LondonOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q345666 ↗ULAN 500017263 ↗Museum works 24

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Roger Fenton, [Reclining Odalisque] — **[Reclining Odalisque]**1858 · Salted paper print from glass negative
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Rubel Collection, Purchase, Lila Acheson …

Roger Fenton, [Landscape with Clouds] — **[Landscape with Clouds]**probably 1856 · Salted paper print from glass negative
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Rubel Collection, Purchase, Anonymous Gif…

Roger Fenton, Omar Pasha — **Omar Pasha**1855 · Salted paper print from glass negative
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005 — Op…

Roger Fenton, Zouave, 2nd Division — **Zouave, 2nd Division**1855 · Salted paper print from collodion glass negative
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 201…

Roger Fenton, Cossack Bay, Balaklava — **Cossack Bay, Balaklava**1855 · Salted paper print from glass negative
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005 — Op…

Roger Fenton, Laughing Satyr — **Laughing Satyr**1854–58 · Salted paper print from glass negative
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman …

Roger Fenton, Windermere — **Windermere**1850s · albumen silver print
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Roger Fenton, Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill — **Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill**1855, printed 1856 · salted paper print
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Roger Fenton, Derwentwater — **Derwentwater**c. 1860 · albumen silver print
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Robert B. Menschel Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Roger Fenton, Captain Graham and Captain MacLeod, 42nd Regiment — **Captain Graham and Captain MacLeod, 42nd Regiment**1855, printed 1856 · salted paper print
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Robert B. Menschel Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Roger Fenton, The Cloisters, Tintern Abbey — **The Cloisters, Tintern Abbey**1854 · salted paper print
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Robert B. Menschel Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Roger Fenton, Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.B. — **Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.B.**1855 · salted paper print
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr. — Open Access…

Roger Fenton, Noordelijk transept van de abdij van Furness — **Noordelijk transept van de abdij van Furness**ca. 1857 - in of voor 1862
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Roger Fenton, Valley of the Shadow of Death — **Valley of the Shadow of Death**1855
Musée d'Orsay ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée d'Orsay

Roger Fenton, The Miners' Bridge, on the Llugwy, North Wales — **The Miners' Bridge, on the Llugwy, North Wales**1857
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Roger Fenton, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Cleveland Museum of Art

Roger Fenton, Omar Pacha — **Omar Pacha**1855
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Roger Fenton, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Roger Fenton, Moscow, Domes of Churches in the Kremlin — **Moscow, Domes of Churches in the Kremlin**1852
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC0 · Roger Fenton, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Roger Fenton, The Valley of the Shadow of Death — **The Valley of the Shadow of Death**1855 · Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856)
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Photography Gallery Fund — public domain (CC0)

Roger Fenton, Captain Verschoyle, Grenadier Guards (an Early Photographer), Taken at the Crimea — **Captain Verschoyle, Grenadier Guards (an Early Photographer), Taken at the Crimea**1855 · Thinly albumenized print
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Everett Kovler — public domain (CC0)

Roger Fenton, A Council of War: Lord Raglan, Omar Pacha and Pelissier, Taken the eve Before the Taking of the Mankelen, Crimea — **A Council of War: Lord Raglan, Omar Pacha and Pelissier, Taken the eve Before the Taking of the Mankelen, Crimea**1855 · Thinly albumenized print
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Everett Kovler — public domain (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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