A Ghost Strayed from Old Greece
- maker:
- Bert Hardy
Silver gelatin print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "A Ghost Strayed from Old Greece". Originally published in Picture Post Vol. 42, No. 2, January 8, 1949. Story titled "Life in the Elephant", about everyday life in London's Elephant and Castle neighbourhood. Caption in magazine reads: "Corinthian pillars in a Hogarthian slum. In the burnt-out Metropolitan Tabernacle, Victorian preacher Spurgeon raised his warning voice on Thursdays and Sundays."
Photographer's stamp on verso.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1991-5065/41
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 247 mm x 202 mm
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- National Science and Media Museum, Bradford