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The Secret

Photograph
1925 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a group of three men waering keffiyeh standing in a circle on a cobbled street, one of the men appears to be whispering into the ear of another. On the right of the image are three stone archways and on the left of the image further figures are passing under another stone archway.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Secret (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'The Secret', carbon print, 1925
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a group of three men waering keffiyeh standing in a circle on a cobbled street, one of the men appears to be whispering into the ear of another. On the right of the image are three stone archways and on the left of the image further figures are passing under another stone archway.
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 500mm
  • Mount height: 396mm
Marks and inscriptions
'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: The Gorge/ Process: Carbon Date: 1925/ No. 49' (Printed label completed 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.
Other numbers
  • 6519 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 49 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2665-2018

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Record createdJune 15, 2018
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