Hangchow 1949
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
China (made)
- Date:
1949 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, born 1908 - died 2004 (photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Black and white photograph
- Museum number:
PH.786-1978
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case X, shelf 918, box R
Physical description
Black and white photograph depicting a poor family comprised of a father and two young children, in the street in Hangchow. The father is holding up a basket, either to sell goods or in the act of begging.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Date
1949 (made)
Artist/maker
Cartier-Bresson, Henri, born 1908 - died 2004 (photographer)
Materials and Techniques
Black and white photograph
Dimensions
Width: 39.5 cm, Height: 29.5 cm
Descriptive line
Black and white photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson depicting a poor family in the street in Hangchow. China, 1949.
Materials
Photographic paper
Techniques
Photography
Subjects depicted
Poverty; Families; Poor; Beggars
Categories
Photographs; Poverty
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
