Reproduced by kind permission of Getty Images © Bert Hardy/Getty Images
The Elephant and Castle
Artist: Bert Hardy (1913 - 1995)
Location: Cuming Museum
Date: 1948
Materials: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 1-5) 15.9 x 24.1cm; 6-11)18.8 x 23.9cm; 12-22) 16 x 24.2cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £9,155 (Total: £20,655)
Vendor: James Hyman Fine Art Ltd
Review number: 5412 (2004)
Provenance:
Family of A L Lloyd ('Picture Post' journalist); James Hyman Fine Art Ltd.
Description:
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.
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