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The River Bank

Photograph
1929 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Keighley, Alexander (photographer)

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a river bank. on the right of the image is a tree and small boat, with three figures on the right on the image washing clothes in the river. In the background of the image across the rivier are various buildings.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Landscapes
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe River Bank (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print
Carbon Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'The River Bank', carbon print, 1929
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a river bank. on the right of the image is a tree and small boat, with three figures on the right on the image washing clothes in the river. In the background of the image across the rivier are various buildings.
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 491mm
  • Mount height: 353mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: The River Bank/ Process: Carbon Date: 1936/ No. 201' (Printed and completed in ink on verso.)
  • 'The River Bank (HB. Catalogue N°201)/ by Alex Keighley Hon FRPS/ Presented to the RPS by the Executors of Alex Keightly 1947.' (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.
Other numbers
  • 6523 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 201 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.2672-2018

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Record createdJune 18, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1443396/the-river-bank-photograph-keighley-alexander/
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