Photograph
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Photograph mounted on green card
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph depicting a state high school at Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. On the right side is part of the complex of nursery, city and general schools, built by the Czech architect Josef Gočár in 1926-1927 on the Elbe riverside. On the left side there is Rašín´Gymnasium (high school) built by Josef Gočár in 1925-1927 with the statue of 'the Winner' by Jan Štursa. |
| Physical description | Photograph mounted on green card |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Kineton Parkes in 1938 |
| Object history | This photograph is from a collection bequeathed by William Kineton Parkes in 1938. Kineton Parkes was a novelist, art historian and librarian, who was best known for his writing on sculpture. He sent out questionnaires to sculptors in the 1920s, which are now held in the Archive of Art and Design. This photograph is one of many which were sent to Kineton Parkes by the sculptors he approached to complete the questionnaire. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 6449-1938 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2013 |
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