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Photograph

c. 1936 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A black and white photograph of a detail of a carved stone cross mounted on green card.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Brief description
Photograph by John Piper, 'Grosmont, Monmouthshire, churchyard, cross (detail)', gelatin silver print, c. 1936
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a detail of a carved stone cross mounted on green card.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 33cm
  • Mount width: 26.7cm
Credit line
Purchased from Mr. John Piper, 1936
Object history
This is one of 26 photographs acquired from the English painter and printmaker John Egerton Christmas Piper (1903-1992). Piper, working with the poet John Betjeman, produced them as part of his work editing the Shell Guides, a series of 20th-century guidebooks on the counties of Britain aimed at the new breed of car-driving tourist. This particular group of photographs features details of Romanesque architecture throughout Britain.
Bibliographic reference
Pih, Darren John Piper London: Pavilion, 2017.
Collection
Accession number
2488-1936

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Record createdMay 8, 2017
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