The City of Beautiful Towers
Photograph
1944 (photographed)
1944 (photographed)
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Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a group of stone buildings in a town. The central building has a large bell tower with another smaller tower on the right of the image. A group of figures are standing in the street on the left of the image, with another figure sat against one of the buildings on the right of the image.
Object details
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| Title | The City of Beautiful Towers (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Carbon print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'The City of Beautiful Towers', carbon print, 1944 |
| Physical description | Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a group of stone buildings in a town. The central building has a large bell tower with another smaller tower on the right of the image. A group of figures are standing in the street on the left of the image, with another figure sat against one of the buildings on the right of the image. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | RPS.2106-2018 |
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| Record created | June 20, 2018 |
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