Sailing Boat

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Beken of Cowes (photographers)

An unmounted sepia-coloured photograph of a sailing boat under sail

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Categories	The Royal Photographic Society Photographs Boats and Ships
Object type	Photograph
Title	Sailing Boat (generic title)
Materials and techniques	gelatin silver print Photographic Paper Photography Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description	Photograph by Beken of Cowes, sailing boat, toned gelatin silver print, ca. first half 1900s
Physical description	An unmounted sepia-coloured photograph of a sailing boat under sail
Dimensions	Paper height: 29.4cm Paper width: 24.2cm
Marks and inscriptions	titled , numbered and signed (white ink, recto, bottom, image) Royal Photographic Society ink stamp (ink stamp, verso, paper)
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
Object history	Acquired 1964
Subjects depicted	Sailing Boats Sailing
Place depicted	Cowes
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.255-2023

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Record created	March 2, 2023
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1745621/sailing-boat-photograph-beken-of-cowes/

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