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English: "The valley of the shadow of death" Crimean War photograph. Dirt road in ravine scattered with cannonballs.
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Source Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection: LC-USZC4-9217
Author
Roger Fenton  (1819–1869)  wikidata:Q345666
 
Roger Fenton
Description British photographer, journalist, war photographer and photojournalist
Date of birth/death 28 March 1819 Edit this at Wikidata 8 August 1869 / 9 August 1869 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Crimble Hall, Heywood Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period c. 1851-1869
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creator QS:P170,Q345666
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