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Film still from Rembrandt (1936)

Photograph
ca. 1936 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
London Film Productions (photographers)

An unmounted black and white film still, depicting an exterior scene on a canal. People in historical costume cross a bridge towards a row of buildings.

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Film and Cinema
Object type
photograph
TitleFilm still from Rembrandt (1936) (generic title)
Materials and techniques
bromide print
Photographic Paper
Photography
Bromide Process
Brief description
Photograph by London Film Productions, 'Film still from Rembrandt (1936)', bromide print, ca. 1936
Physical description
An unmounted black and white film still, depicting an exterior scene on a canal. People in historical costume cross a bridge towards a row of buildings.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 21cm
  • Paper width: 26.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • R.B.444' (white inscription, recto, paper)
  • London Film Productions Ltd. ink copyright stamp/London Film Productions present, "Rembrandt", Directed by Alexander Korda, Elsa Lanchester as Hendrickje Stoffels, Charles Laughton as Rembrandt van Rijn, They are seen walking across the bridge near Rembrandt's home in Amsterdam. She is a country girl who is a kitchen-maid in his house, later becoming his mistress. (Stencil No. L.F.P.19-6.)' (ink stamp, paper typed label, 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
Film Stills
Actors
Other numbers
  • 1003 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • F.9 - RPS identifier - box number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1783-2024

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Record createdJune 12, 2024
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1782945/film-still-from-rembrandt-1936-photograph-london-film-productions/
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