Roger Fenton
Birth of St. John

Birth of St. John

Public Domain

ArtistEnglish, 1819–1869
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Birth of St. John
  • from The Photographic Album for the Year 1857, Being Contributions from the Members of The Photographic Club
DateMay 1857
PlaceLondon, England
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (19 × 13.4 cm)
 Mount: 17 5/16 × 12 in. (43.9 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.168.14
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Sotheby’s, London, November 17, 2021, Lot 146]; [purchased by Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography Ltd, Brighton, England, November 17, 2021]; purchased by MFAH, 2023.

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