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The Crimean War: Photography and Experience

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18 February – 23rd April 2006
2nd Floor - Gallery 4a 

Roger Fenton, Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards (Detail)
Roger Fenton, Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards, 1855 (Detail)
Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the end of the Crimean War (1854-1856), the first war to be documented by photographers, this exhibition  shows original photographs and objects from the Harris Museum and Fulwood Barracks in Preston. It includes work by Roger Fenton and James Robertson and compares their work with the experiences of two local soldiers who served during the conflict. The exhibition also explores the response of the people of Preston to the war.

 



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Little Hands On – Story Time at the Library
Friday 3 February 10.30-11am

Suitable for the under 5s and carers. Free, drop in.

Hands on at the Harris
Saturday 4  February 1.30-3.30pm

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