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A Mountain Pass, Algeria

Photograph
1940 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a group of figures on a mountain pass. The left two thirds of the image show a cliff face, with a path running across the width of the image. On the path is a group of figures with horses, and a stone archway can be seen over the path in the centre right of the image.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Mountain Pass, Algeria (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'A Mountain Pass, Algeria', carbon print, 1940
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a group of figures on a mountain pass. The left two thirds of the image show a cliff face, with a path running across the width of the image. On the path is a group of figures with horses, and a stone archway can be seen over the path in the centre right of the image.
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 406mm
  • Mount height: 506mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: A Mountain Pass. Algeria./ Process: Carbon Date: 1940/ No. 202' (Printed label completed in ink on verso.)
  • 'Given to the Society by the Exors of Alex. Keighley Hon FRPS. 1947/ (Bairstow's Catalogue 202) (Handwritten in ink on verso.)
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
Other numbers
  • 6534 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 202 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2657-2018

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Record createdJune 12, 2018
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