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A Fountain, Morocco

Photograph
1934 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting five figures at a water fountain. Three stairs lead up to the fountain, which is backed with patterned tiles, and the figure in the middle of the image is holding a metal pail.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA Fountain, Morocco (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Carbon process.
Brief description
Photograph by Alexander Keighley, 'A Fountain, Morocco', carbon print, 1934
Physical description
Monochrome photograph mounted on card depicting five figures at a water fountain. Three stairs lead up to the fountain, which is backed with patterned tiles, and the figure in the middle of the image is holding a metal pail.
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 461mm
  • Mount height: 603mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Alex Keighley' (Handwritten in pencil on mount under image.)
  • 'Royal Photographic Society/ Alexander Keighley Collection 1948/ Title: A Fountain, Morocco/ Process: Carbon/ Date: 1934/ No. 88 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.
Other numbers
  • 13511 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • 2003-5001_2_24403 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • 88 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.2839-2018

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Record createdJune 21, 2018
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