Photograph
1934 (photographed)
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Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a figure and four donkeys standing at the bottom of a rocky cliff face. Another figure is sitting on a ledge of the cliff in the upper right of the image and a possible dark cave opening is visible on the lower right of the image.
Object details
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| Brief description | Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'Ali Baba's Cave', carbon print, 1934 |
| Physical description | Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting a figure and four donkeys standing at the bottom of a rocky cliff face. Another figure is sitting on a ledge of the cliff in the upper right of the image and a possible dark cave opening is visible on the lower right of the image. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: Ali Baba's Cave/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1934/ No. 90 AK' (Printed and completed 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. |
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| Accession number | RPS.2837-2018 |
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| Record created | June 21, 2018 |
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