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Description: | A photograph of a piece of sculpture at the British Museum, London, taken by Roger Fenton (1819-1869) in about 1857. This Roman sculpture of a discus thrower was normally on display in the Graeco-Roman Saloon but in 1857 it was closed for redecoration. It is photographed here in the Assyrian Transept of the Museum, with the statues and carvings of the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery in the background. In 1853 The British Museum had asked Fenton to document parts of their collection as their official photographer. Roger Fenton was a founding member of the Royal Photographic Society and one of the most influential photographers of the 1850s. He is best known as one of the first war photographers, from his work in the Crimea in 1855. However, he also took many highly-regarded photographs of the Royal Family and the collections of the British Museum as well as many superb landscapes, architectural studies and still lifes. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | albumen print photograph | Temporal: | c. 1857 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Fenton, Roger (1819-1869) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/20140 | Go to resource |
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