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Not currently on display at the V&A
On short term loan out for exhibition

Girl with shell

Photograph
ca. 1960 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A mounted black and white portrait of a woman with short hair holding a seashell in her left hand.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGirl with shell (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Bromide print
Brief description
Photograph by Madame Yevonde, 'Girl with shell', solarised bromide print, ca. 1960
Physical description
A mounted black and white portrait of a woman with short hair holding a seashell in her left hand.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 505mm
  • Mount width: 405mm
  • Image height: 355mm
  • Image width: 271mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'GIRL WITH SHELL' (pencil, centre mount verso)
  • 'Given to RPS by NPG 3/5/90' (pencil, upper left mount verso)
  • signed (pencil, lower left mount, recto)
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.
Subjects depicted
Associated object
PROV.1649-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRP644 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/21611 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.3353-2018

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2018
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