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Morning in Africa

Photograph
1934 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Warburg, Agnes Beatrice (photographer)

Colour photograph depicting palm trees and a white building complex with a mountain range in the background

Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleMorning in Africa (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Tri-colour carbro print, a subtractive colour printing process using pigmented gelatin
Three Colour Carbro Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Agnes Warburg, 'Morning in Africa', tri-colour carbro print, 1934
Physical description
Colour photograph depicting palm trees and a white building complex with a mountain range in the background
Dimensions
  • Image height: 176mm (Note: photograph has been printed leaving a white border around its edges)
  • Image width: 218mm (Note: photograph has been printed leaving a white border around its edges)
  • Image sheet height: 199mm (Note: photograph has been printed leaving a white border around its edges)
  • Image sheet width: 225mm (Note: photograph has been printed leaving a white border around its edges)
  • Sheet height: 405mm
  • Sheet width: 301mm
Style
20th Century First/Second Quarter
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Miss Agnes B. Warburg / 52, Porchester Terrace / London, W.2.' (Verso, stamped)
  • 'Morning in Africa' (verso, handwritten in ink)
  • 'Accepted and hung at the exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain 1934 / Catalogue No.' (verso, typed on separate sheet adhered to the mount)
  • 'Hung at the fourth annual exhibition of photography / Rugby and District Photographic Society / 2nd to 4th March, 1936' (verso, typed on separate sheet adhered to the mount)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Place depicted
Other numbers
  • XRP611 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • W7 Overflow - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 2326 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 2003-5001_2_20639 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • 2003-5001_2_20642 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1484-2017

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Record createdJune 14, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1397489/morning-in-africa-photograph-warburg-agnes-beatrice/
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