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Arcadia

Photograph
1938 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a figure in a shawl watching over a group of sheep in a wooded scene. The figure is sat on the right of the image on a grass verge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleArcadia (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print.
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'Arcadia', carbon print, 1938
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a figure in a shawl watching over a group of sheep in a wooded scene. The figure is sat on the right of the image on a grass verge.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 503mm
  • Mount width: 600mm
Marks and inscriptions
'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: Arcadia/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1938/ No. AK 66' (Printed and completed in ink.)
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
  • 2142 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 13569 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 66 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 2003-5001_2_26092 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2114-2018

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Record createdJune 20, 2018
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