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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
General John Lysaght Pennefather (1800-1872)
1855Albumen print | 17.8 x 15.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2500242
Photograph of General Pennefather seated in a tent facing left with his hands clasped on his lap. A desk and other furniture can be seen around him. The photograph has been slightly cropped on the right edge and on the top.
During the Crimean War General Pennefather was responsible for the dramatic allied victory at the battle of Inkerman.
Reproduced in Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from the Crimea, with an essay on his life and work / Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. London : Secker & Warburg, 1954, no. 72.
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 254.
During the Crimean War General Pennefather was responsible for the dramatic allied victory at the battle of Inkerman.
Reproduced in Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from the Crimea, with an essay on his life and work / Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. London : Secker & Warburg, 1954, no. 72.
Fenton exhibition catalogue (1855) no. 254.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Major General Sir John Lysaght Pennefather (1800-72)Army-GB17.8 x 15.6 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
General Pennefather small in tent
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Costume
- Uniforms
- Military uniforms
- Uniforms
- Costume
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
