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Canisters, Methylating Company, Hull Distillery

Photograph
1950 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Yevonde & Broomfield Ltd.
Broomfield, Maurice (photographer)
Place of origin
Hull (photographed)

Maurice Broomfield (1916-2010) worked to photograph the changing face of British manufacturing industries during the 1950s and 1960s. His photographs are recognized for their uniquely modern design elements, humanist strain, and their contribution to the documentation of the rebirth of British industry in the post war era.

Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleCanisters, Methylating Company, Hull Distillery (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Vintage silver gelatin print
Brief description
Photograph by Maurice Broomfield, 'Canisters, Methylating Company, Hull, distillery', about 1950, gelatin silver print
Physical description
A vintage silver gelatin print of stacked barrels at a distillery in Hull
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 366mm
  • Paper width: 288mm
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped Yevonde and Broomfield Ltd., 28 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London
Gallery label
Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime, Gallery 100 (2021-2022)

Canisters
Methylating Company, Hull Distillery
About 1950

Broomfield often employed unconventional camera angles, details and graphic patterns to convey the repetitive mechanised processes and scale of factory production. These canisters likely contained industrial methylated spirits typically used as a fuel, solvent or disinfectant. It is a form of alcohol with additives that make it bad-tasting and poisonous.

Gelatin silver print
Given by Maurice Broomfield
Museum no. E.3748-2007
(20/11/2012)
Broomfield is known for his photographs of British industry in the post-war period. Inspired by the modern design philosophy of the German Bauhaus school, he employed dramatic lighting, unconventional camera angles and details to convey the drama and energy of the factory environment.
(11 03 2014)
Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2012-2013, label texts :

Maurice Broomfield (1916 – 2010)
‘Methylating Company, Hull, Distillery’
About 1935


Broomfield is known for his photographs of
British industry in the post-war period. Inspired
by the modern design philosophy of the German
Bauhaus school, he employed dramatic lighting,
unconventional camera angles and details to
convey the drama and energy of the factory
environment.

Gelatin silver print
Given by Maurice Broomfield
Museum no. E.3748-2007
(11 03 2014)
Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2012-2013, label texts :

Maurice Broomfield (1916 – 2010)
‘Methylating Company, Hull, Distillery’
About 1935


Broomfield is known for his photographs of
British industry in the post-war period. Inspired
by the modern design philosophy of the German
Bauhaus school, he employed dramatic lighting,
unconventional camera angles and details to
convey the drama and energy of the factory
environment.

Gelatin silver print
Given by Maurice Broomfield
Museum no. E.3748-2007
Credit line
Given by the artist
Subjects depicted
Industrial Location
Barrels
Distillery
Place depicted
Hull
Summary
Maurice Broomfield (1916-2010) worked to photograph the changing face of British manufacturing industries during the 1950s and 1960s. His photographs are recognized for their uniquely modern design elements, humanist strain, and their contribution to the documentation of the rebirth of British industry in the post war era.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3748-2007

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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