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Title:
Alabaster Memorial Plaque, York Minster
Object name(s):
Photograph
Brief description:
A mounted black and white photograph of a plaque with coat of arms and decorative frame with inscription dedicated to Arthur Purey below.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
The Royal Photographic Society
Associated concept:
Photographs
Associated concept:
Memorials
Content - concept:
memorials
Content - concept:
plaques
Content - place:
York Minster
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
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measured part:
mount
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
50.6
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measured part:
mount
Dimension measurement unit:
cm
Dimension value:
40.5
Inscription content:
Royal Photographic Society inventory & exhibition labels
Inscription interpretation:
printed label, verso, mount
Material:
photographic paper
Object history note:
Acquired 1953
Object name:
Photograph
Object number:
RPS.4221-2023
Object production date:
ca. 1949
Date - association:
photographed
Date - earliest / single:
1944-01-01
Date - latest:
1953-12-31
Object production person:
Crowther Cox, J.
Person's association:
photographer
Object production place:
York Minster
Place association:
photographed
Other number:
1572
Other number type:
Royal Photographic Society number
Other number:
C.34
Other number type:
RPS identifier - box number
Physical description:
A mounted black and white photograph of a plaque with coat of arms and decorative frame with inscription dedicated to Arthur Purey below.
Responsible department/section:
DOP
Technique:
photography
Technique:
chloro bromide process
Technique:
chloro bromide print
Text reason:
Collections online record

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/224b87c5-9089-3c01-8e68-56c9f01619d3

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/224b87c5-9089-3c01-8e68-56c9f01619d3, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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