Rabbit-racing (?)
Photograph
ca. 1910 (photographed)
ca. 1910 (photographed)
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Photograph of ladies in white summer dresses, all wearing bonnets and hats, holding rabbits on leashes in a race.
Object details
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| Title | Rabbit-racing (?) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Toned Gelatin-silver chloride or 'Gaslight' paper prints |
| Brief description | Rabbit-racing, a photograph by Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles ca. 1910 |
| Physical description | Photograph of ladies in white summer dresses, all wearing bonnets and hats, holding rabbits on leashes in a race. |
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| Gallery label | Pitcairn-Knowles enjoyed ‘sports photography’ (although this term had not yet been coined). Nevertheless, he often ignored the actual sport in favour of peripheral activities. The bottom image highlights an intense moment in the ladylike sport of rabbit racing. The top image is one of a group of photographs entitled ‘How the Belgian bets or where the bookmakers and the Paris Mutuel work side by side and prosper’, in which the spectators are the focus rather than the racing dogs.
Studying form
Belgium
1900
Museum no. E.3256-2004
Rabbit racing
Ostend, Belgium
1908
Museum no. PH.313-1982
Given by Richard Pitcairn-Knowles |
| Credit line | Given by Mr and Mrs R. Pitcairn-Knowles |
| Object history | Pitcairn-Knowles Archive purchased from Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles' grandson Richard Pitcairn-Knowles. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Coe, Brian & Haworth-Booth, Mark. A Guide to Early Photographic Printing Processes. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Hurtwood Press, 1983. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.313-1982 |
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| Record created | July 20, 2004 |
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