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The village wheelwright

Photograph
c1920
Artist/Maker

The Black and white photograph shows a man working as a wheelwright in a workshop. Bright light from a window in the right of the photograph lights the room.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • The village wheelwright (assigned by artist)
  • Der Dorfwagner (assigned by artist)
  • no machines, only tools (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
This is a bromoil transfer print.
Brief description
Photograph by Betti Mautner, 'The village wheelwright', bromoil transfer, c1920
Physical description
The Black and white photograph shows a man working as a wheelwright in a workshop. Bright light from a window in the right of the photograph lights the room.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 106mm
  • Image width: 146mm
  • Sheet height: 315mm
  • Sheet width: 229mm
Marks and inscriptions
in ink on the front: BM in pencil on the back: (no machines, only tools.) Der Dorfwagner / The village wheelwright, Bromoelumdruck, Its "Twin" - Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto Camera Club 1924, Betti Mautner, Wien before IX. Lichtensteinerstr. 17 (crossed) address label on the back: 28 Ravenscroft ave., London NW11
Collection
Accession number
E.379-2013

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Record createdMarch 9, 2015
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