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Article: Images of the first war caught on film.
- Article from:
- Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England)
- Article date:
- February 25, 2006
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A Preston museum is holding a unique exhibition of rare photographs and items to mark the 150th anniversary of the end of the Crimean War.
The war raged in what is now Ukraine between 1854 and 1856, and was the first to be photographically documented.
Organisers have spent three to four months preparing the exhibition which includes medals, music sheets, rifles, muskets, letters, uniforms and photographs from the war.
Featured in the exhibition at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery are images by famous British photographers Roger Fenton, James Robertson and Felice Beato.
They document the experiences of British, French and Ottoman ...