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Mayfield roofs from the Middle House garden

Photograph
1933 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Warburg, Agnes Beatrice (photographer)
Place of origin
Mayfield (made)

Colour photograph depicting a garden with houses and a church spire in the background


Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleMayfield roofs from the Middle House garden (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tri-colour carbro print, a subtractive colour printing process using pigmented gelatin
Three Colour Carbro Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Agnes Warburg, 'Mayfield roofs from the Middle House garden', tri-colour carbro print, 1933
Physical description
Colour photograph depicting a garden with houses and a church spire in the background
Dimensions
  • Image height: 225mm (Note: photograph printed with a white border)
  • Image width: 178mm (Note: photograph printed with a white border)
  • Image sheet height: 250mm (Note: photograph printed with a white border)
  • Image sheet width: 191mm (Note: photograph printed with a white border)
  • Sheet height: 406mm
  • Sheet width: 306mm
Style
20th Century First/Second Quarter
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Miss Agnes B. Warburg / 52, Porchester Terrace / London, W.2.' (Verso, stamp)
  • 'Section II. / 4. Mayfield roofs from the Middle House garden. Three-colour Carbro.' (verso, handwritten in ink)
  • 'Accepted and hung at the exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain 1933 / Catalogue No.' (verso, typed onto separate sheet adhered to the sheet)
  • 'Oval Table Soc. Int'l. Sal. 1937 / Pkge. No. 51 / Print No. 421 [number crossed out]' (verso, stamp and pencil)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Place depicted
Mayfield
Other numbers
  • XRP611 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • W7 Overflow - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 2324 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1505-2017

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Record createdJune 23, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1399509/mayfield-roofs-from-the-middle-photograph-warburg-agnes-beatrice/
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