Roger Fenton (1819-1869)

L'ENTENTE CORDIALE, 1855. Salted paper print from a glass negative, on original Agnew & Sons mount, image size 16 x 16.5cm, titled and inscribed with printed ink 'Published by T. Agnew & Sons, Feb. 29th, 1856. London P & D Colnaghi & Co., Paris, Moulin, 23 Rue Richer. New York Williams & Co.', overall measuring 43.5 x 59.5cm.

The Royal Collection Trust holds a print of this image, with the accompanying caption: "Photograph of a group of British and French soldiers relaxing together. The men stand or sit in a loose line with the soldier in the middle sitting on a wooden barrel and pouring wine into the glass of the man standing beside him to the right. The soldier sitting to the far right is reading a newspaper and several are smoking pipes. All are wearing military uniform. There is a wooden hut to the right and two horses graze on the hillside behind them. British and French troops fought alongside each other in the Crimean War." [ref.RCIN 2500383]