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Trafalgar Square

Photograph
1909 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A tipped-in sepia-coloured photomechanical print of a view of stone sculptures and their reflection in the water of a fountain. Buildings are visible in the background. The print is affixed to a grey/green page bound into an album along with nineteen other photogravures and letterpress text.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Trafalgar Square (assigned by artist)
  • London (series title)
Materials and techniques
photogravure
Brief description
Photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 'Trafalgar Square', photogravure, from 'London', a bound album of twenty photogravures with letter-press introduction by Hilaire Belloc and list of prints and dust-cover, 1909
Physical description
A tipped-in sepia-coloured photomechanical print of a view of stone sculptures and their reflection in the water of a fountain. Buildings are visible in the background. The print is affixed to a grey/green page bound into an album along with nineteen other photogravures and letterpress text.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 41.1cm
  • Mount width: 31cm
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
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Other numbers
  • 8134 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • C37 - RPS identifier - box number
  • 2003-5001-2-26026 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.4263:7-2023

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Record createdNovember 3, 2023
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