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There are more than five million objects in the Harry Ransom Center's Photography Collection. Many records contain legacy descriptions. A review and update of our records is ongoing.
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Call Number: |
PH-00023 |
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Collection Name: |
Roger Fenton Photography Collection |
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Creator: |
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No. of Items: |
363 items |
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Span Dates: |
1854-1860 |
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Description: |
The collection consists of 363 photographs by Roger Fenton (British, 1819-1869). Select group descriptions follow. |
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Accession No(s): |
964:0351:0001-0256, 0256b, 0257-0272, 0273a, 0274-0311; 964:0352:0001-0012; 964:0353:0001-0008; 964:0419:0001-0021; 964:0477:0001-0005, 0007-0011; 980:0037:0016 |
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Finding Aid URL: |
https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=01230 |
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Location(s): |
Flat File (964:0352:0012; 964:0353:0009) Macpherson, R., Box 5 (964:0419:0001-0002, 0019) Macpherson, R., Box 6 (964:0419:0020-0021) Fenton, R. Box 29 (5 empty folio cases) F Box, Medium (964:0477:0005, 0007, 0009-0010) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 24 (964:0351:0215, 0227, 0231-0232, 0279, 0308, 0312) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 28 (964:0351:0056, 0074, 0143, 0153, 0161, 0198, 0200, 0228, 0281, 0288) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 1 (964:0351:0002-0004, 0006-0017) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 2 (964:0351:0018-0020, 0022-0032) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 3 (964:0351:0033-0046) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 4 (964:0351:0047-0055, 0057-0061) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 5 (964:0351:0062-0073, 0075-0076) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 6 (964:0351:0077-0089) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 7 (964:0351:0090-0104) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 8 (964:0351:0105-0111, 0113-0114, 0116-0120) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 9 (964:0351:0121-0123, 0125-0135) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 10 (964:0351:0136-0142, 0144-0148) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 11 (964:0351:0149-0152, 0154-0159) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 12 (964:0351:0162-0175) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 13 (964:0351:0176-0181, 0183-0191) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 14 (964:0351:0192-0197, 0199, 0201-0205) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 15 (964:0351:0206-0208, 0210-0214, 0216-0219) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 16 (964:0351:0220-0226, 0229-0230) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 17 (964:0351:0233-0242) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 18 (964:0351:0243-0252) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 19 (964:0351:0253-0265) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 20 (964:0351:0266-0272-0278, 0280) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 21 (964:0351:0282-0287, 0289-0295) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 22 (964:0351:0296-0307, 0309-0311) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 23 (964:0351:0001, 0005, 0021, 0112, 0115, 0124, 0160, 0182, 0209) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 25 (964:0419:0003-0018; 964:0477:0001-0004, 0008, 0011; 980:0037:0016) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 26 (964:0352:0001-0011) Curatorial permission required Fenton, R., Box 27 (964:0353:0001-0008) |
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See Also: |
Lake Price Album: (964:0581:0013, 0025, 0029, 0060) Photographs of Drawings, etc. in the British Museum: (964:0418:0001-0132) Stereographs Photography Collection: Six stereographs by Fenton are located in the Stereographs Photography Collection (PH-00267). The Photographic Album for the Year 1857: An additional photograph (964:0324:0014) by Fenton is mounted in The Photographic Album for the Year 1857 (PH-00298). Photographic Views in Italy 1859 [and] Hythe School of Musketry 1860: 964:0368:0061-0066 Photographic Art Treasures, or, Nature and Art Illustrated by Art and Nature: 964:0519:0001-0004, 0008, 0010-0012, 0018 Gems of Photographic Art: Photo-Pictures Selected from The Universal Series: 964:0332:0012 Photographs: 964:0491:0002-0009 Helmut and Alison Gernsheim Papers and Photography Collection: Original Fenton correspondence from Crimea and a handwritten notebook (1854-1855) are located in Box 27.3-4 of the Helmut and Alison Gernsheim Papers and Photography Collection (PH-02378). In 1855, many of Fenton's photographs were exhibited at the Gallery of the Water Colour Society in London. A copy of the original 1855 prospectus for a portfolio of the prints, Exhibition of the Photographic Pictures Taken in the Crimea, is located in the Center's library with call number TR 6 G73 L6 F5 HRC-P. In 1856, copies of Fenton's Crimea portfolio and his original glass plate negatives were auctioned at Southgate and Barrett in London. A copy of the original auction catalog is located in the Center's library with call number Z 999 S6 HRC-P. |