Rare Vintage Photograph by Roger Fenton Saved for Bradford’s National Media Museum

LONDON.- The Art Fund has helped Bradford’s National Media Museum buy a rare vintage photograph by acclaimed British photographer Roger Fenton (1819 – 1869). Pasha and Bayadère depicts a dancing girl (bayadère) performing for the enjoyment of a high ranking official (pasha), who watches her intently. Seated on the floor on the left hand side of the Pasha, a musician plays a stringed instrument. The exotic tableau was taken in 1858. It captures the contemporary fascination with the Orient and [...]