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A work made of thinly albumenized print.

A Council of War: Lord Raglan, Omar Pacha and Pelissier, Taken the eve Before the Taking of the Mankelen, Crimea

Roger Fenton · 1855

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Palette

Parchment
 38% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.8:1
Sand
 22% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.1:1
Raw umber
 18% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.8:1
Bone white
 11% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.3:1
Khaki
 8% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 6.0:1
Sepia
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.7:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Roger Fenton
English, 1819–1869
Date
1855
Type
Photograph
Medium
Thinly albumenized print
Size
Image/paper: 18.7 × 16.6 cm (7 3/8 × 6 9/16 in.); Mount: 26.9 × 21.6 cm (10 5/8 × 8 9/16 in.)
Place
England
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 72, colourfulness 22

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Everett Kovler. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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