- Title:
- Man Diving
- Object name(s):
- photograph
- Brief description:
- An unmounted colour photograph of a man diving from a platform diving board into a swimming pool. The photograph catches the man in various stages of the dive. He wears a blue swimsuit.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- The Royal Photographic Society
- Associated concept:
- Photographs
- Content - concept:
- swimming pools
- Content - concept:
- diving
- 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:
- paper
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 49.8
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- paper
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 37
- Inscription content:
- HAROLD EDGERTON MIT
- Inscription interpretation:
- ink, recto, paper
- Inscription content:
- Royal Photographic Society inventory label; 'Man Diving / Electronic flash photography by Dr. Harold E. Edgerton'; RPS ink stamp fragment
- Inscription interpretation:
- printed label, pencil, ink stamp, verso, paper
- Material:
- photographic paper
- Object history note:
- Acquired 1965
- Object name:
- photograph
- Object number:
- RPS.964-2024
- Object production date:
- ca. 1955
- Date - association:
- photographed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1950-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1959-12-31
- Object production person:
- Edgerton, Harold
- Person's association:
- photographer
- Other number:
- 9899
- Other number type:
- Royal Photographic Society number
- Other number:
- E1
- Other number type:
- RPS identifier - box number
- Other number:
- 2003-5001-2-27958
- Other number type:
- Science Museum Group accession number
- Physical description:
- An unmounted colour photograph of a man diving from a platform diving board into a swimming pool. The photograph catches the man in various stages of the dive. He wears a blue swimsuit.
- Responsible department/section:
- DOP
- Technique:
- photography
- Technique:
- dye transfer process
- Technique:
- dye transfer print
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f31af46c-2e3c-37b7-a8ec-f22e0cea3bef
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/f31af46c-2e3c-37b7-a8ec-f22e0cea3bef, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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