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The Vesper Bell

Photograph
1935 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Alexander Keighley (photographer)

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a figure ringing one of two bells on top of a raised platform attached to a church. Another figure is sat at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to the platform, with the doorway entrance to the church open on the right of the image.


Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Religion
Portraits
RPS Digitisation Project
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Vesper Bell (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print.
Carbon Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'The Vesper Bell', carbon print, 1935
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a figure ringing one of two bells on top of a raised platform attached to a church. Another figure is sat at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to the platform, with the doorway entrance to the church open on the right of the image.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 487mm
  • Mount width: 607mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: The Vesper Bell/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1935/ No. AK 101' (Printed and completed in ink.)
  • 'Alex Keighley' (Handwritten in ink on lower left of 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
  • 2121 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 13553 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 101 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 2003-5001_2_26094 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.2108-2018

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Record createdJune 20, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1443550/the-vesper-bell-photograph-alexander-keighley/
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