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20th century (made)

20thC; Howard Grey, Girl in a churchyard

Object details

Object type
Photograph
Brief description
20thC; Howard Grey, Girl in a churchyard
Gallery label
Label for 'Making It Up: Photographic Fictions' (3 May 2013 - 12 January 2014):

Howard Grey (born 1942)
Untitled photograph of foliage
Untitled photograph of a seated woman holding hazel twigs
1981

These photographs were made in 1981 using a process dating from the 1840s and ’50s. They were commissioned byThe Connoisseur magazine to test the expertise of collectors. When a woman pretending to have found them in her attic showed them to experts at auction houses and museums, including the V&A, they were identified as 1850s salted paper prints. They were donated to the V&A after the magazine published the article.

Salted paper prints from film negatives 1981
Given by Howard Grey
Museum nos. Ph.310-1981 and Ph.313-1981
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.310-1981

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1058806/photograph/
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