Roger Fenton, Landscape with clouds

How the only copy of this landscape photograph is revolutionary.

Roger Fenton, [Landscape with Clouds], probably 1856, salted paper print from glass negative, 25 x 43.6 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Video from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title Landscape with clouds
Artist(s) Roger Fenton
Dates probably 1856
Places Europe / Western Europe / England
Period, Culture, Style Early photography
Artwork Type Photograph
Material Paper
Technique Wet collodion process

Roger Fention’s photographic processes by the Royal Collection Trust

Cite this page as: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Roger Fenton, Landscape with clouds," in Smarthistory, March 8, 2021, accessed March 12, 2025, https://smarthistory.org/fenton-landscape-with-clouds/.