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Virginia Wolfenden, exp 1/50,000 sec

Photograph
ca. mid 20th century (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

An unmounted black and white photograph taken at high speed of a woman playing tennis. Her right arm is extended vertically, holding a tennis racket about to hit a ball.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVirginia Wolfenden, exp 1/50,000 sec (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
bromide print
Brief description
Photograph by Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, 'Virginia Wolfenden, exp 1/50,000 sec', bromide print, ca. mid-20th century
Physical description
An unmounted black and white photograph taken at high speed of a woman playing tennis. Her right arm is extended vertically, holding a tennis racket about to hit a ball.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 35cm
  • Paper width: 26.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
attributed, titled' (ink, 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
Subjects depicted
Other numbers
  • 7590 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • E.1 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.971-2024

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Record createdApril 5, 2024
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