The Secret
Photograph
1925 (photographed)
1925 (photographed)
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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
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Title | The 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. |
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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. |
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Accession number | RPS.2665-2018 |
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Record created | June 15, 2018 |
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