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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Group of Montenegrins

1855

Albumen print | 18.3 x 15.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500365

Photograph of a group of five Montenegrins gathered in front of a building with a tiled roof. A man sits on the window ledge facing slightly right with a man crouched to his left and another sitting on the ground to the right. Two other men stand to the right. All of the men are wearing traditional local costume.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Montenegrins
  • 18.3 x 15.8 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • Group of Montenegrins

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Buildings
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs