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A Spanish Almshouse

Photograph
1930 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting two women in an interior doorway. One of the women is stood on the near side of the doorway, hands clasped, facing the camera. Through the open door another woman can be seen sitting in a chair facing left.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Spanish Almshouse (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'A Spanish Almshouse', carbon print, 1930
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting two women in an interior doorway. One of the women is stood on the near side of the doorway, hands clasped, facing the camera. Through the open door another woman can be seen sitting in a chair facing left.
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 447mm
  • Mount height: 590mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: A Spanish Almshouse/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1930/ No. A.K. 86' (Printed and completed in ink on verso)
  • 'Alex Keighley' (Handwritten in ink on lower left corner of image.)
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.
Other numbers
  • 6565 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 86 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2069-2018

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Record createdJune 20, 2018
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