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Mine Dumps Johannesburg

Photograph
1939 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Alexander Keighley (photographer)
Place of origin
Johannesburg (photographed)

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a landscape with two prominent conical mining dumps. In the lower third of the image is a depression in the ground and a fence. A chimney producing smoke can be seen behind on of the conical dumps.

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Industry
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
TitleMine Dumps Johannesburg (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon print
Carbon Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'Mine Dumps Johannesburg', carbon print, 1939
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a landscape with two prominent conical mining dumps. In the lower third of the image is a depression in the ground and a fence. A chimney producing smoke can be seen behind on of the conical dumps.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 607mm
  • Mount width: 505mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: Mine Dumps Johannesburg/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1939 / No. AK 171'

    Note
    Printed and completed in ink.

  • 'Alex Keighley'

    Note
    Handwritten in ink on the lower right corner of the image and again in pencil below the image on 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.
Other numbers
  • 2148 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 13565 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 171 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 2003-5001_2_26104 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.2103-2018

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Record createdJune 20, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1443545/mine-dumps-johannesburg-photograph-alexander-keighley/
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