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People Up Trees

Photograph
1910s-1980s

Gelatin silver print in portrait format depicting a man situated up a tree


Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitlePeople Up Trees (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Vernacular photograph depicting a man abseiling from a tree, back inscribed with "This is all I could get together for now. I had another negative on this film which was a close up of two of us. Mislaid it somehow. Will locate it and send one. You see me "up a tree" [indecipherable]! doing real woodman's work. I spent several Sats' trimming trees and getting experience. Note the extra saw hanging down and the rope that holds me up.", photographer unknown, about 1910s-1980s. Gelatin silver print, from the collection of Peter Cohen, given as part of a group of 50 photographs relating to the theme of 'People Up Trees', depicting various people situated up trees, various dates.
Physical description
Gelatin silver print in portrait format depicting a man situated up a tree
Dimensions
  • Height: 102mm
  • Width: 60mm
Credit line
Given by the V&A Americas Foundation through the generosity of Peter Cohen
Object history
From the collection of Peter Cohen. Given as part of a group of 50 photographs relating to the theme of 'People Up Trees'.
Subjects depicted
Trees
Saws
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.2011:37-2022

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Record createdMay 1, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1490353/people-up-trees-photograph/
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