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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

The Pipe of Peace

1855

Salted paper print | 13.9 x 13.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2500423

Photograph of two officers, both smoking pipes. One is mounted on a pony facing left and the other stands to the left facing the pony. Both are wearing military uniform. There is open land and a hillside behind them.

  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

  • 13.9 x 13.2 cm (image)

    57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)

  • The pipe of peace

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
            • Ponies
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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