Roger Fenton, British photographer Size:XL: 120 x 100cm British Prime Minister

British Prime Minister

the diver supposedly can raise and lower the improvised diving bell

Gertie Millar (1879-1952) was a singer and actress of the late 19th and early 20th century

Sir William had introduced his Explosive Substances Bill following a recent attempt by Irish American activists to blow up The Times offices

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Roger Fenton, British photographer Size:XL: 120 x 100cm British Prime MinisterRoger Fenton, British photographer, c1850s (1955). In the spring of 1855 Agnew and Sons of London sent Fenton to cover the war in the Crimea. He returned with 350 negatives of French and British soldiers and campsites in Balaklava Bay. A print from Mathew Brady Historian with a Camera by James D Horan, Bonanza Books, New York, 1955.