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The Crawlers

Photograph
19th century (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Thomson, John (photographer)
Place of origin
London (photographed)

Photograph in a bound volume. Image of an old woman holding a baby.


Object details

Category
Scotland
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • The Crawlers (assigned by artist)
  • Street Life in London. (series title)
Materials and techniques
photographic paper, photography
Photographic Paper
Brief description
20thC; Thomson & Smith, Street Life in London. The Crawlers
Physical description
Photograph in a bound volume. Image of an old woman holding a baby.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.6cm
  • Width: 8.8cm
Dimensions taken from Robert Hoozee, ed. British Vision. Observation and Imagination in British Art 1750-1950
Subjects depicted
Poverty
Infants
Place depicted
London
Bibliographic references
  • Hoozee, Robert (ed.), British Vision. Observation and Imagination in British Art 1750-1950, Brussels : Mercatorfonds ; Ghent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 2007 29
  • Baby Rotterdam: Veenman Publishers/ Gijs Stork, 2008. ISBN: 90-8690-167-0.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.1008-1978

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Record createdJuly 11, 2008
Record URL
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