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Sir Henry William Barnard (1799-1857), General, Chief of Staff; Taken at the Crimea

A work made of thinly albumenized print.

Sir Henry William Barnard (1799-1857), General, Chief of Staff; Taken at the Crimea

Roger Fenton · 1855

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Palette

Biscuit
70% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.1:1

Fawn
12% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.2:1

Bone white
11% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.3:1

Khaki
4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1

Taupe
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.4:1

Raw umber
1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 5.8:1

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: 20.3 × 15.9 cm (8 × 6 5/16 in.); Mount: 30.7 × 21.2 cm (12 1/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
Place: England
Period: 19th century
Themes: Portraits
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 78, colourfulness 24

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