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Lord Burghersh, Earl of Westmorland

Roger FentonLinkedCulture matchlcp-e263e9da329a

Date: 1855
Medium: salted paper print
Culture: England
Department: Photography
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 449527

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In 1855 Fenton traveled to the Crimea, a peninsula on the Black Sea in Eastern Europe, as part of a commercial venture to produce and publish photographs of the Crimean War. In this conflict, French, British, and Turkish troops were fighting against the Russian military. Lord Burghersh (1784–1859), a British soldier and diplomat, traveled to the Crimea in his role as ambassador to Austria; he was involved in negotiations with the Turkish government over the war. Roger Fenton was one of the pioneers of war photography.

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Credit line: Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb
Provenance: ?-2021: William S. and Margaret Lipscomb, Shaker Heights, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | December 6, 2021: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH