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Shearing Time

Photograph
1940 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a man shearing sheep in a country landscape. The man is stood amongst the flock wearing a hat and waistcoat with his shirt sleeves rolled up.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleShearing Time (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'Shearing Time', carbon print, 1940
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a man shearing sheep in a country landscape. The man is stood amongst the flock wearing a hat and waistcoat with his shirt sleeves rolled up.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 508mm
  • Mount width: 608mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: Shearing Time/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1940/ No. AK 89 (Printed and completed in ink.)
  • 'Alex Keighley' (Handwritten in pencil on mount below image.)
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
  • 2159 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 13571 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 89 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 2003-5001_2_26080 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2094-2018

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Record createdJune 20, 2018
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