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The Dragon

Photograph
1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Half-tone reproduction of an image of a serpentine river on a plain at Ipswich, Massachusetts, North America. It is quite a hazy image, depicting a large flat expanse with a meandering river through the centre, disappearing into the horizon.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Dragon (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Half-tone reproduction
Brief description
Half-tone reproduction of a landscape photograph entitled 'The Dragon', depicting a serpentine river by Alvin Langdon Coburn. America, 1903.
Physical description
Half-tone reproduction of an image of a serpentine river on a plain at Ipswich, Massachusetts, North America. It is quite a hazy image, depicting a large flat expanse with a meandering river through the centre, disappearing into the horizon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 138mm
  • Width: 177mm
Dimensions taken from Brian Coe & Mark Haworth-Booth, A Guide to Early Photographic Printing Processes. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Hurtwood Press, 1983.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Coe, Brian & Haworth-Booth, Mark. A Guide to Early Photographic Printing Processes. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Hurtwood Press, 1983.
Collection
Accession number
PH.36-1981

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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