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Empire State Building, New York City

Photograph
ca. 1931 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A mounted black and white photograph of The Empire State Building from an elevated viewpoint.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleEmpire State Building, New York City (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
bromide print
Brief description
Photograph by Eddowes Co. Inc., 'Empire State Building, New York City', bromide print, ca. 1931
Physical description
A mounted black and white photograph of The Empire State Building from an elevated viewpoint.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 51.1cm
  • Mount width: 41cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • signed, titled' (pencil, recto, mount)
  • exhibition labels, RPS label, Oval Table Society ink stamp, attributed, titled' (paper label, ink, pencil, verso, mount)
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
Object history
Gift of the Oval Table Society October 29 1946
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Other numbers
  • 9895 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • E.1 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.978-2024

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Record createdApril 5, 2024
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