Grotty Grotto
Photograph
1983 (photographed)
1983 (photographed)
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Black and white photograph, mounted on card, depicting a man dressed as Father Christmas, sitting in a hastily and minimally decorated room. There is tinsel and a string of fairylights stuck to the wall behind him. Three children are clambering on the man, who is pressing his fake beard onto his face.
Object details
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| Title | Grotty Grotto (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print, mounted onto thick card |
| Brief description | 'Grotty Grotto', Black and white photograph mounted on card, by John Heywood, 1983 |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph, mounted on card, depicting a man dressed as Father Christmas, sitting in a hastily and minimally decorated room. There is tinsel and a string of fairylights stuck to the wall behind him. Three children are clambering on the man, who is pressing his fake beard onto his face. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Credit line | Given by John Heywood |
| Object history | Most of the large collection of photographs acquired in 2013, B.5 to 162-2013, were printed for display in an exhibition at the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, called 'Childhood, Inward and Outward Views' (16 May to 15 July 1990). John Heywood continued to develop his project to document the lives of contemporary children, and has subsequently added to the original collection of prints. |
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| Accession number | B.123-2013 |
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| Record created | June 5, 2013 |
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