Wapping
Photograph
1909 (photographed)
1909 (photographed)
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A tipped-in sepia-coloured photomechanical print of a view across a river showing a figure using a pole to steer a boat, a boom of a boat and the tower of a building in the far distance. The print is affixed to a grey/green page bound into an album along with nineteen other photogravures and letterpress text.
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| Materials and techniques | photogravure |
| Brief description | Photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 'Wapping', 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 across a river showing a figure using a pole to steer a boat, a boom of a boat and the tower of a building in the far distance. The print is affixed to a grey/green page bound into an album along with nineteen other photogravures and letterpress text. |
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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.4263:10-2023 |
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| Record created | November 3, 2023 |
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