Composition of Fruit and Flowers
Composition of Fruit and Flowers

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Composition of Fruit and Flowers,

1860

Roger Fenton, 1819–1869; born Heywood, United Kingdom; died London, United Kingdom, active United Kingdom and Crimea, Russian Empire (Ukraine)
x1976-302
Although Fenton is best known for landscapes that document the destruction of the Crimean War, he was no less fluent in the sensitive rendering of small-scale objects and textures during his service as a photographer for the British Museum in the mid-1800s. During his short photographic career, he completed a group of some forty fruit and flower still-lifes like the one seen here. This life-size celebration of the fruits of the British Empire includes a self-portrait of sorts: Fenton’s camera and tripod are reflected in the silver chalice at left.

Information

Title
Composition of Fruit and Flowers
Dates

1860

Maker
Roger Fenton
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
36.4 x 44.1 cm. (14 5/16 x 17 3/8 in.) frame: 70.3 × 77 × 2.5 cm (27 11/16 × 30 5/16 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Apparatus Fund
Object Number
x1976-302
Place Made

Europe, England

Marks/Labels/Seals
In ink on mount, below image center: Photographed by R. Fenton
Culture
British
Type
black-and-white photographs, albumen process, still life, photographs
Techniques
albumen process
Subject
flowers (plants), flowers (plants), lace, fruit, statues, still life, reflections, mirror, basket

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