The Great Eastern
Photograph
1857 (made)
1857 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Image taken dockside down the lenght of the Great Eastern ship.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | The <i>Great Eastern</i> (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print from wet collodion negative |
| Brief description | Photograph of the dock by the Great Eastern ship by Robert Howlett (1831-1858), 1857. |
| Physical description | Image taken dockside down the lenght of the Great Eastern ship. |
| Dimensions |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Purchased, 1979. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Val Williams and Susan Bright, How we are: photographing Britain, from the 1840s to the present London: Tate Publishing, 2007. ISBN: 9781854377142. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.257-1979 |
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| Record created | April 10, 2007 |
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