All the Mighty World: The Photographs of Roger Fenton, 1852–1860

Self-Portrait

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Self-Portrait, February 1852
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 12.2 x 9 cm (4 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Harriette and Noel Levine Gift, 2005 (2005.100.285)
Cat. 1

Moscow, Domes of Churches in the Kremlin

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Moscow, Domes of Churches in the Kremlin, 1852
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from paper negative; 17.9 x 21.6 cm (7 1/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of the Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 (2005.100.66)
Cat. 2

Rievaulx Abbey

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Rievaulx Abbey, 1854
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 35.6 x 29.8 cm (14 x 11 3/4 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of the Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 (2005.100.7)
Cat. 12

Wharfe and Pool, Below the Strid

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Wharfe and Pool, Below the Strid, 1854
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from glass negative; 34.5 x 28.2 cm (13 9/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Gift, 2005 (2005.100.8)
Cat. 13

Cookhouse of the 8th Hussars

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Cookhouse of the 8th Hussars, 1855
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from glass negative; 15.9 x 20.3 cm (6 1/4 x 8 in.)
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Cat. 16

Valley of the Shadow of Death

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Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1855
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from glass negative; 27.6 x 34.9 cm (10 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Cat. 21

Landscape with Clouds

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Landscape with Clouds, [1856]
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from glass negative; 25 x 43.6 cm (9 13/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Rubel Collection, Promised Gift of William Rubel (L1997.84.5)
Cat. 22

Lindisfarne Priory

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Lindisfarne Priory, 1856
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from glass negative; 30.3 x 37.1 cm (11 15/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Cat. 24

Roslin Chapel, South Porch

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Roslin Chapel, South Porch, 1856
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from glass negative; 33.2 x 26 cm (14 x 17 3/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, 2005 (2005.100.6)
Cat. 26

Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh

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Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, 1856
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from glass negative; 33.2 x 26 cm (13 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford
Cat. 30

Pont-y-Pant, on the Lledr, from Below

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Pont-y-Pant, on the Lledr, from Below, 1857
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 35.5 x 44.1 cm (14 x 17 3/8 in.)
H. H. Richardson Collection, Frances Loeb Library, Harvard Design School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cat. 36

The Double Bridge on the Machno

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The Double Bridge on the Machno, 1857
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 40.3 x 33.6 cm (15 7/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford
Cat. 38

Elephantine Moa (Dinornis elephantopus), an Extinct Wingless Bird, in the Gallery of Fossils, British Museum

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Elephantine Moa (Dinornis elephantopus), an Extinct Wingless Bird, in the Gallery of Fossils, British Museum, [1854–58]
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from glass negative; 38.1 x 30.3 cm (15 x 11 15/16 in.)
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Cat. 45

Lichfield Cathedral, South Transept Portal and Steps

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Lichfield Cathedral, South Transept Portal and Steps, 1858
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 35.7 x 42.6 cm (14 1/6 x 16 3/4 in.)
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Cat. 54

Westminster from the Waterloo Bridge

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Westminster from the Waterloo Bridge, [ca. 1858]
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from glass negative; 30.3 x 42.2 cm (11 15/16 x 16 5/8 in.)
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Cat. 60

Reclining Odalisque

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Reclining Odalisque, 1858
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Salted paper print from glass negative; 28.5 x 39 cm (11 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Rubel Collection
Purchase Lila Acheson Wallace, Anonymous, Joyce and Robert Menschel, Jennifer and Joseph Duke, and Ann Tennenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gifts, 1997 (1997.382.34)
Cat. 61

The Terrace, Garden and Park, Harewood

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The Terrace, Garden and Park, Harewood, 1859
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 34 x 42.5 cm (13 3/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
By Kind Permission of the Earl and Countess of Harewood, and the Trustees of Harewood House Trust
Cat. 68

The Billiard Room, Mentmore

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The Billiard Room, Mentmore, [ca. 1859]
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 30.3 x 30.6 cm (11 15/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Cat. 72

Derwentwater, Looking to Borrowdale

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Derwentwater, Looking to Borrowdale, 1860
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 24.2 x 29.3 cm (9 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.)
Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford
Cat. 80

Saint George's Chapel and the Round Tower, Windsor Castle

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Saint George's Chapel and the Round Tower, Windsor Castle, 1860
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 30.7 x 43.3 cm (12 1/16 x 17 1/16 in.)
Royal Collection, © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Cat. 84

The Queen's Target

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The Queen's Target, 1860
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 21.6 x 21.3 cm (8 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
Museum Ludwig, Cologne/Collection Robert Lebeck
Cat. 85

Tankard and Fruit

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Tankard and Fruit, [1860]
Roger Fenton (British, 1819–1869)
Albumen silver print from glass negative; 35.9 x 43 cm (14 1/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Courtesy of the Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford
Cat. 89