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British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at the Stresa Conference, 1935

Photograph
1935 (made)
Artist/Maker

British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at the Stresa conference 1935, by Lucien Aigner, gelatin-silver print


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleBritish Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at the Stresa Conference, 1935 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
gelatin-silver print
Brief description
British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at the Stresa conference 1935, by Lucien Aigner, gelatin-silver print
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
  • Width: 25cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at the Stresa Conference 1935 with French foreign minister Pierre Laval and French Prime Minister Pierre Etienne FLANDIN (both behind MacDonald) At extreme right SUTVITCH and at left behind Laval ALOISI Italian officials (picture title; Typed caption; reverse)
Gallery label
Photography Centre, 2018-20: Collection in Focus: John and Judith Hillelson 1930s–1970s The Hillelson collection includes some of the most significant works of photojournalism from the 20th century. John Hillelson (1923–2012) founded the John Hillelson Agency in London’s Fleet Street in 1958. He was also the London agent for Magnum Photos, a cooperative that brings together photojournalists from across the world. His wife Judith (1930–2010) ran the agency's extensive picture library, from which this collection is drawn. The agency collaborated with weekly magazine editors to publish photo-reportage, a genre that flourished in the 1930s with the invention of smaller, more portable cameras and new printing technology. The Hillelsons gained a reputation for presenting lesser-known work such as the pictures of apartheid, smuggled out of South Africa by Ernest Cole in 1966 and 1967. The Hillelson collection comprises key images from the agency’s library and reflects their position as leading advocates of human interest photography. 6. Lucien Aigner (1901–99) British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald at the Stresa Conference 1935 Gelatin silver print Museum no. E.289-2003 (10/2018)
Credit line
Given by John and Judith Hillelson
Collection
Accession number
E.289-2003

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Record createdMay 16, 2003
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