Landing Place, Railway Stores, Balaklava, 1855, Salted paper print from glass negative, Image: 27.9 x 36.4 cm (11 x 14 5/16 in.), Photographs, Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869), Commissioned by the Manchester publisher Thomas Agnew to document the Crimean War, Fenton departed for the Black Sea port of Balaklava on February 20, 1855, with two assistants, a letter of introduction from Prince Albert, five cameras, seven hundred glass plates, a wine merchant's van refitted as a traveling darkroom, and thirty-six large chests of provisions
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Landing Place, Railway Stores, Balaklava, 1855, Salted paper print, glass negative, Image, 27.9 x 36.4 cm, 11 14 5/16, Photographs, Roger Fenton, British, 1819–1869, Commissioned, Manchester publisher Thomas, Agnew, document, Crimean War, Fenton departed, Black Sea, port, February 20, two assistants, letter, introduction, Prince Albert, five cameras, seven hundred, glass, plates, wine merchant, van refitted, traveling darkroom, thirty-six large, chests, provisions
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