- Title:
- Untitled
- Object name(s):
- photograph
- Brief description:
- A black and white photograph of a stone memorial plaque, commemorating William Pickering and Richard Edger, who died on December 24th 1845. The dedication is followed by a poem titled 'The Spiritual Railway'.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- The Royal Photographic Society
- Associated concept:
- Photographs
- Associated concept:
- Plaques & Plaquettes
- Content - concept:
- plaques (flat objects)
- Content - place:
- Ely Cathedral
- 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:
- 26
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- paper
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 20.8
- Inscription content:
- attributed, dated'
- Inscription interpretation:
- pencil, verso, paper
- Inscription content:
- RPS paper label'
- Inscription interpretation:
- paper label, ink, verso, paper
- Material:
- photographic paper
- Object history note:
- Acquired in 1971.
- Object name:
- photograph
- Object number:
- RPS.668-2024
- Object production date:
- ca. 1948/1955
- Date - association:
- photographed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1943-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1955-12-31
- Object production person:
- Day, Lionel Edward
- Person's association:
- photographer
- Object production place:
- Ely Cathedral
- Place association:
- photographed
- Other number:
- 9718
- Other number type:
- Royal Photographic Society number
- Other number:
- D.18
- Other number type:
- RPS identifier - box number
- Physical description:
- A black and white photograph of a stone memorial plaque, commemorating William Pickering and Richard Edger, who died on December 24th 1845. The dedication is followed by a poem titled 'The Spiritual Railway'.
- Responsible department/section:
- DOP
- Technique:
- photography
- Technique:
- gelatin silver process
- Technique:
- gelatin silver print
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/77bcc6de-a81e-3508-b63b-88728d3d5e9e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/77bcc6de-a81e-3508-b63b-88728d3d5e9e, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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