Heroic Head
1855
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1855
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Heroic Head is a 1855 photographic by Roger Fenton, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a photo of a stone bust on a pedestal. The bust shows a man’s head turned slightly to the side, with wavy hair and a calm face. The stone looks smooth, and the neck flares out just below the head. The photo itself is grainy, like an old black-and-white snapshot. That’s because it’s from 1855, when cameras were new. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this bust in person.
A sepia-toned photograph shows a side view of a bust of a man, positioned atop a rectangular box. The monochrome image captures the statue’s profile against a plain background.
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