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The Shepherd

Photograph
1912 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a wooded scene with a figure sat against a tree trunk, with sheep grazing around them.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Shepherd (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'The Shepherd', carbon print, 1912
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a wooded scene with a figure sat against a tree trunk, with sheep grazing around them.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 355mm
  • Mount width: 595mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: The Shepherd/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1903 [scored through with pencil] 1912 / No. AK 205
  • 'Alex Keighley' (Handwritten in ink on the lower left corner of the 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
  • 2013 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 13576 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 205 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 2003-5001_2_26083 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2091-2018

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Record createdJune 20, 2018
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