The Water Front
Photograph
1910 (photographed)
1910 (photographed)
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A tipped-in sepia-coloured photomechanical print of a view of a busy harbour with plumes of smoke and ship masts. The print is affixed to a grey/green page bound into an album along with nineteen other photogravures and letterpress text.
Object details
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| Title | The Water Front (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | A bound album of twenty photogravure prints with letterpress text and gold embossed cover. |
| Brief description | Photograph by Alvin Langdon Coburn, 'The Water Front', photogravure, from 'New York', a bound album of twenty photogravures with letter-press forward by H.G. Wells and list of prints and dust-cover, 1910 |
| Physical description | A tipped-in sepia-coloured photomechanical print of a view of a busy harbour with plumes of smoke and ship masts. 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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| Marks and inscriptions | Royal Photographic Society inventory label; RPS ink stamps (printed label; ink stamps, inside album cover) |
| 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.4266:9-2023 |
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| Record created | November 3, 2023 |
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