Art Funded
The Elephant and Castle
Reproduced by kind permission of Getty Images © Bert Hardy/Getty Images
Bert Hardy (1913 - 1995)
Cuming Museum
1948
A collection of 22 photographs taken as part of a series depicting life in the heavily bombed Elephant and Castle district of London during the Second World War commissioned by the Picture Post magazine. These images encapsulate the vitality of life around the Elephant and Castle at that point in history - how the area looked at that time, how people dressed, their homes and their social interaction.
- Medium: gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: 1-5) 15.9 x 24.1cm; 6-11)18.8 x 23.9cm; 12-22) 16 x 24.2cm
- Art Fund Grant: £9155 ( Total: £20,655)
- ArtFunded in: 2004
- Vendor: James Hyman Fine Art Ltd
Provenance
Family of A L Lloyd ('Picture Post' journalist); James Hyman Fine Art Ltd.
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