Sepia photograph of three men seated at a draped table outside a doorway, one in a long coat, one in a patterned jacket, one in a military uniform.

A Council of War: Lord Raglan, Omar Pacha and Pelissier, Crimea (1855)

A sepia albumen print shows three men seated around a draped table on a stone terrace before an open doorway. The figure on the left wears a long dark coat and light hat, the central man wears a patterned jacket, and the man on the right wears a military uniform with a peaked cap and epaulettes. The photograph is a documentary-style staged group portrait.

Artist: Roger Fenton
Date: 1855
Medium: Thinly albumenized print
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1862 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1855).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Everett Kovler

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