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The Canal Bridge at Kildwick

Photograph
1931 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Keighley, Alexander (photographer)
Place of origin
Craven (photographed)

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a barge boat going under a canal bridge. The rear half of the barge boat is visible on the right of the image with a figure in a full length rain mac and hat holding the tiller of the boat. A dog is also visible on the deck of the boat. The arch of the canal bridge is visible across the left and upper portions of the image.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Canal Bridge at Kildwick (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print
Carbon Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'The Canal Bridge at Kildwick', North Yorkshire, carbon print, 1931
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a barge boat going under a canal bridge. The rear half of the barge boat is visible on the right of the image with a figure in a full length rain mac and hat holding the tiller of the boat. A dog is also visible on the deck of the boat. The arch of the canal bridge is visible across the left and upper portions of the image.
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 506mm
  • Mount height: 406mm
Marks and inscriptions
'The Canal Bridge at Kildwick/ by Alexander Keighley Hon FRPS/ Steeton/ 1931. (H. B. N° 78.)

Note
Handwritten in ink on verso.
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
North Yorkshire
Other numbers
  • 6525 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 78 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.2658-2018

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Record createdJune 12, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1443030/the-canal-bridge-at-kildwick-photograph-keighley-alexander/
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