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Child Running

Photograph
ca. 1939 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

An unmounted black and white photograph taken at high speed capturing the various poses of a running boy.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Child Running (assigned by artist)
  • Running Boy (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
Photograph by Dr Harold Edgerton, 'Child Running', gelatin silver print, ca. 1939
Physical description
An unmounted black and white photograph taken at high speed capturing the various poses of a running boy.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 26.2cm
  • Paper width: 35.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Running Boy 10 flashes per second / Photographed by EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN and GRIER, Cambridge, Massachusetts'; RPS exhibition label

Note
printed labels, ink, ink stamps, 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
Subject depicted
Other numbers
  • 7588 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • E1 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.968-2024

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Record createdApril 5, 2024
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