FENTON ROGER Portfolio entitled The Photographic Panorama of

Sale 1959 - Lot 3

Unsold

Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000

FENTON'S MULTI-PART PANORAMA, PRESENTED TO QUEEN VICTORIA FENTON, ROGER
Portfolio entitled "The Photographic Panorama of the Plateau of Sebastopol," with 6 (of 11) plates. Salted paper prints from calotype negatives, each image is 8 3/4x13 1/4 inches (22.4x33.5 cm.), sheet size is 20x26 inches, with a printed calligraphic title, Fenton's and Agnew & Sons' credits, and a date on mount recto. Folio, gilt-lettered red cloth, worn, front cover detached; contents loose as issued. London: Agnew & Sons, 1856

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Fenton's coverage of the Crimean War was focused on Sebastopol, where historian Valerie Lloyd notes "The heat of the sun was intense enough to melt his gutta percha developing trays." After returning to London, Fenton and William Agnew were summoned to an audience with Napoleon III to show the Emperor a selection of prints, which were later published under his and Queen Victoria's patronage. See: