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The Gipsy Camp

Photograph
1942 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a family group with a horse and wagon. A man and woman are standing beside a horse on the right of the image, and a further three figures and a child are stood around the wagon on the left of the image.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Gipsy Camp (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'The Gipsy Camp', carbon print, 1942
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a family group with a horse and wagon. A man and woman are standing beside a horse on the right of the image, and a further three figures and a child are stood around the wagon on the left of the image.
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 581mm
  • Mount height: 484mm
Marks and inscriptions
'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: The Gipsy Camp/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1942/ No. A.K. 96' (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
  • 3788 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 96 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2080-2018

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Record createdJune 20, 2018
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