Sir John Miller Adye (1819-1900), General; taken at the Crimea 1855

Roger Fenton's 1855 photograph, "Sir John Miller Adye (1819-1900), General; taken at the Crimea," depicts the general in a seated pose, wearing his military uniform. The image, now in the Art Institute of Chicago, is a poignant record of the Crimean War, a conflict that Fenton documented extensively through his photography. The image's stark composition and natural light evoke a sense of realism, typical of Fenton's work, which contributed significantly to the development of photojournalism.