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Blakeney Boats

Photograph
early 20th century (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Warburg, Agnes Beatrice (photographer)
Place of origin
Blakeney (made)

Colour photograph depicting boats on a beach

Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleBlakeney Boats (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, 'Blakeney Boats', tri-colour carbro print, early 20th century (before 1931)
Physical description
Colour photograph depicting boats on a beach
Dimensions
  • Image height: 194mm (Note: white border around the photograph)
  • Image width: 175mm (Note: white border around the photograph)
  • Image sheet height: 219mm (Note: white border around the photograph)
  • Image sheet width: 198mm (Note: white border around the photograph)
  • Sheet height: 407mm
  • Sheet width: 305mm
Style
20th Century First/Second Quarter
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Miss Agnes B. Warburg / 52, Porchester Terrace / London, W.2.' (Verso, stamp)
  • 'R.P.S. / Section II. / 4. Blakeney Boats.' (verso, handwritten in ink)
  • 'Accepted and hung at the exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, 1931 / Catalogue No.' (verso, typed onto 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 onto separate sheet adhered to 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
Blakeney
Other numbers
  • XRP611 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • W7 Overflow - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 2352 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1491-2017

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Record createdJune 15, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1397538/blakeney-boats-photograph-warburg-agnes-beatrice/
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