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The Melon Stall

Photograph
1907 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a group of figures at a market stall in a street between houses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Melon Stall (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon process.
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'The Melon Stall', carbon print, 1907
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a group of figures at a market stall in a street between houses.
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 578mm
  • Mount height: 401mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Alex Keighley' (Handwritten in ink on lower left of image.)
  • 'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: The Melon Stall/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1907/ No. 186 AK' (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
  • 13509 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 2003-5001_2_24404 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • 186 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2849-2018

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Record createdJune 21, 2018
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