Photograph
1910-19 (made)
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School photographs became a means of emphasising pupils' membership of a school, as well as reinforcing that school's identity. The earlier examples are often of groups, until the introduction of panoramic techniques led to the production of images which could feature whole schools
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Photographs not only show the actual wearing of children's clothing, and by whom, but also to help fill a gap where the museum lacks actual garments. Early school uniform is a fairly rare survival, and in any case the pupils at many nineteenth and early twentieth century schools wore their own individual clothes, as here.
The photograph also contains information on aspects of children's lives at school, such as the appearance and content of the classroom.
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Photographs not only show the actual wearing of children's clothing, and by whom, but also to help fill a gap where the museum lacks actual garments. Early school uniform is a fairly rare survival, and in any case the pupils at many nineteenth and early twentieth century schools wore their own individual clothes, as here.
The photograph also contains information on aspects of children's lives at school, such as the appearance and content of the classroom.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Photographic paper on card |
| Brief description | School group of nine girls in a classroom; taken by J & G Taylor in London, England, 1910-1919 |
| Physical description | Black and white group image of nine schoolgirls seated at their desks in a classroom, with two mistresses (one of whom is probably the Headmistress, as she appears in both this photograph and in Misc.1057-1992) standing at the back. The room is laid out with the desks in rows, and the walls are hung with a map and several pictures, including a harvest scene and a reproduction of one of Raphael's self-portraits. The girls wear non-uniform short dresses and their long hair is in a variety of styles, mostly with ribbons. The number A263 is attached to one of the desks at the back of the room. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | J & G TAYLOR, 631 GREEN LANES, LONDON, N.
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| Credit line | Anonymous gift |
| Object history | Gift of anonymous donor (RF 92/2094) |
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| Summary | School photographs became a means of emphasising pupils' membership of a school, as well as reinforcing that school's identity. The earlier examples are often of groups, until the introduction of panoramic techniques led to the production of images which could feature whole schools . Photographs not only show the actual wearing of children's clothing, and by whom, but also to help fill a gap where the museum lacks actual garments. Early school uniform is a fairly rare survival, and in any case the pupils at many nineteenth and early twentieth century schools wore their own individual clothes, as here. The photograph also contains information on aspects of children's lives at school, such as the appearance and content of the classroom. |
| Associated object | MISC.1057-1992 (Source) |
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| Accession number | MISC.1056-1992 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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