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The Crazy Bridge

Photograph
1942 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a figure walking across a stone archway bridge between two sheer cliff faces.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Crazy Bridge (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'The Crazy Bridge', carbon print, 1942
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a figure walking across a stone archway bridge between two sheer cliff faces.
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 505mm
  • Mount height: 400mm
Marks and inscriptions
'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: The Crazy Bridge/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1942/ No. 180' (Printed and 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
  • 6537 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 180 - RPS identifier - alternative
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2830-2018

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Record createdJune 18, 2018
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