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School Photograph

1915-1925 (made)

School photograph of landscape proportions, in sepia tint, showing a group of thirty-four boys sitting and standing in rows among the desks of a classroom with wood and glass partition walls. The boys' clothes show the transition to the fashions of the post-WW1 period from those of the Victorian and Edwardian eras: the majority wear jumpers with
collars (some with ties), but one or two wear jackets (including one Norfolk jacket) and two boys wear Eton collars; one boy standing at the back, with his head bandaged, wears an army combat jacket. A London County Council Copy book (No A17) is visible on the master's desk in the foreground, with a chalk-box, an inkstand, and a bundle of pupils' copy books tied with string.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Photographic paper
Brief description
School photograph; British, 1915-25
Physical description
School photograph of landscape proportions, in sepia tint, showing a group of thirty-four boys sitting and standing in rows among the desks of a classroom with wood and glass partition walls. The boys' clothes show the transition to the fashions of the post-WW1 period from those of the Victorian and Edwardian eras: the majority wear jumpers with
collars (some with ties), but one or two wear jackets (including one Norfolk jacket) and two boys wear Eton collars; one boy standing at the back, with his head bandaged, wears an army combat jacket. A London County Council Copy book (No A17) is visible on the master's desk in the foreground, with a chalk-box, an inkstand, and a bundle of pupils' copy books tied with string.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.9cm
  • Width: 20.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
"(9)" has been inscribed on negative in white ink
Object history
References:


Found among papers of donor's late brother-in-law: he
was born c. 1916 and lived as a child "on a Council
Estate of small houses off Roehampton Lane, Putney"; she
thinks the photos of boys were his, but cannot recognise
him on either.
Production
Britain
Collection
Accession number
B.17-1994

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Record createdApril 19, 2000
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