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    Roger Fenton's Letters from the Crimea
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    The letters:

    1: Letter from 27 February 1855 to Grace Fenton
    2: Letter from 2 March 1855 to Grace Fenton
    3: Letter from 8 March 1855 to Grace Fenton
    4: Letter from 9-12 March 1855 to William Agnew
    5: Letter from 15 March 1855 to Grace Fenton
    6: Letter from 28 March 1855 to Grace Fenton
    7: Letter from 4-5 April 1855 to Grace Fenton
    8: Letter from 9 April 1855 to William Agnew
    9: Letter from 19 April 1855 to Grace Fenton
    10: Letter from 24 April 1855 to Grace Fenton
    11: Letter from 29 April 1855 to Grace Fenton
    12: Letter from 6 May 1855 to Grace Fenton
    13: Letter from 13 May 1855 to Grace Fenton
    14: Letter from 18 - 20 May 1855 to Grace Fenton
    15: Letter from 18-20 May 1855 to William Agnew
    16: Letter from 26 May 1855 to Grace Fenton
    17: Letter from 28-30 May 1855 to Grace Fenton
    18: Letter from 2 June 1855 to Grace Fenton
    19: Letter from 4 June 1855 to Grace Fenton
    20: Letter from 4 June 1855 to Thomas Agnew
    21: Letter from 8-9 June 1855 to Grace Fenton
    22: Letter from 9 June 1855 to Joseph Fenton
    23: Letter from 16 June 1855 to Grace Fenton
    24: Letter from 18 June 1855 to Grace Fenton
    25: Letter from 25 June 1855 to Grace Fenton


    Famous image of Fenton's assistant on the photographic van.

    This website publishes faithful transcripts of letters sent by Roger Fenton to family and friends during his "Photographic Trip to the Crimea" in 1855.

    The venture is a collaborative project initiated by De Montfort University, using the two surviving letter books in the collections of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center and The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, now the National Media Museum. This is the first occasion that all twenty five letters have been published in full.

    View the letters using the links at the top and bottom of each page, or the list to the left. You may also use the following links to find out the context in which these letters were written and to find more websites about Roger Fenton.


    De Montfort University Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center The National Museum of Photography

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