Illingworth Tomb, Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford

Illingworth Tomb, Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford

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Ian Beesley/Science Museum Group
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Gelatine silver print entitled 'Illingworth Tomb, Undercliffe Cemetery, Bradford' by Ian Beesley. Signed in pencil on the back. Produced for the commission 'Through the Mill: The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs', 1985-1987.

Perhaps the most distinctive of all the sepulchres at Undercliffe, this grey granite mausoleum in the form of an Egyptian temple marks the grave of the Illingworth family, worsted spinners of Bradford.

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Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
2026-2/52
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 391 mm x 490 mm
image: 356 mm x 456 mm
type:
photograph and silver gelatin print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford