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Coal villages

1936-05-30

A photographic print of Industry, Household Goods, Furniture, Pre War

1937

A photographic print of Industry, Agriculture, Pigs, (Daily Herald only, including Drawings)

1938-02

Coal villages

1934-1938

A photographic print of Industry, Agriculture, Pigs, (Daily Herald only, including Drawings)

Daily Herald Photograph: Digging marrows

1935-10-19

Coal villages

1934-1938

A photographic print of Industry, Agriculture, Hedging, Hurding, etc

1935-10-05

A photographic print of Industry, Timber, Woodcraft Miscellaneous, Not Art or Furniture

1937

A photographic print of Industry, Timber, Miscellaneous - including Logs, Firewood

H.G. Wells at party

16 September 1937

A photographic print of Building & Construction, Miscellaneous, Architects, Drawings, Models, etc

1936

A photographic print of Industry, Fuel & Power - Coal, Villages

1934-1939

A photographic print of Home & Housing, Pre War Only, Housing - Miscellaneous

1936

A photographic print of Home & Housing, Pre War Only, Housing - Slums - London Only

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Leucotomy operation 1946' . The photograph shows a mental health patient about to undergo a Leucotomy operation, also known as a lobotomy. By Kurt Hutton, taken in 1946. From an unknown Impressions Gallery exhibition.

Leucotomy operation

1946

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton. Image of artist Margaret Reade (née Tennant Ware), painting a wall in a London restaurant in 1943. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), pp. 30.

Margaret Reade

6 November 1943

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled 'Leucotomy Operation 1946' by Kurt Hutton 1946. From an unknown Impressions Gallery exhibition.

Leucotomy Operation

1946

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, showing actor Anthony Wager and director David Lean during filming of "Great Expectations" (1946). Photographer's stamp, Picture Post stamp, and editorial markup on verso.

Anthony Wager and David Lean filming "Great Expectations"

1 December 1945

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton. Image of actress Freda Jackson (1907-1990) as Mrs. Voray in the Joan Temple play, "No Room at the Inn". The play opened at the Embassy Theatre in Swiss Cottage, London, in July 1945 and in 1948 was made into a film of the same title. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London: Focal Press, 1947) p. 77.

Freda Jackson in "No Room at the Inn"

1945

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Beatrice Webb: a lifetime of kindness". Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 32.

Beatrice Webb

1941

Anthony Wager and David Lean filming "Great Expectations"

1 December 1945

Vintage silver gelatin photograph Kurt Kutton, titled "Battersea, London". Image shows two boys leaning against a folded mattress in a cart loaded with goods at a market in Battersea. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London: Focal Press, 1947), p. 87.

Battersea, London

circa 1947

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton. Image shows actor Laurence Olivier (1907-1989) during a dress rehearsal for the 1946-47 Old Vic production of Shakespeare's "King Lear". Picture Post stamp and editorial commentary on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 78.

Laurence Olivier as King Lear

12 October 1946

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Village Wedding". Picture Post stamp, caption, and editorial markup on verso. Published in Picture Post, 1942, story titled "A Soldier Gets Bride"; Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 54.

Village Wedding

24 April 1942

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Return to school". Image shows a young boy, his mother, and their poodle. sitting on a train platform. The boy is waiting to board a train to return to school. Hubschmann and Hulton Press Ltd Picture Post stamps, and editorial markup, on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 61; and Picture Post, issue 13, 1938, story titled "And Again Back to School".

Return to school

1938

Freda Jackson in "No Room at the Inn"

1945

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Francoise Rosay". Image shows the French actress and opera singer in animated conversation with a journalist. Editorial markup on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 34.

Francoise Rosay 1

1944

Francoise Rosay 2

1944

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, showing President Lesley Frederick Church at the 1944 Methodist Conference. Editorial markup on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 81..

Lesley Frederick Church at the 1944 Methodist Conference

1944

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton. Image shows Author and politician A P Herbert, MP (1890 - 1971) at home. He is sitting at a table in his bathrobe and reading from a book. Picture Post stamp on verso.

A.P. Herbert

circa 1940

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Frieda Jackson [sic] in 'No Room at the Inn'. Image shows Freda Jackson and co-stars in the 1946 Joan Temple play, "No Room at the Inn". K. Hutton and Picture Post stamps, and editorial markup on verso. Alternate image published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 77.

Freda Jackson in "No Room at the Inn"

1946

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton. Image shows patrons in the York Minster pub, Soho, London. Photographer's stamp and editorial caption on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 48.

Soho pub

October 1941

A black and white silver gelatin photograph, untitled with the caption: "Nurse watches over a patient receiving electrode treatment 1946", by Kurt Hutton. From an unknown Impressions Gallery exhibition.

Untitled (electrode treatment)

1946

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Forty Winks". Picture Post stamp and Focal Press editorial caption/markup on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London: Focal Press, 1947) p. 38.

Forty Winks

circa 1947

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "English Church Music Carries On". Sir Sydney Nicholson conducting the choir od the English School of Church Music, at Durham Cathedral. Editorial commentary and hand-written caption on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and new York: Focal Press, 1947), pp. 57.

English Church Music Carries On

9 September 1944

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Hungerford regular". One of forty regulars of the 'Hungerford Club' under the railway arches at Charing Cross, London. The club is a hostel, set up to provide segregated air raid shelter for the homeless 'for reasons of public health'.

Hungerford regular

1944

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "A foggy morning". Image taken in London's Trafalgar Square.

A foggy morning

21 January 1939

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton. Image shows Michael Foot and Frank Owen at a National Council of Civil Liberties meeting on the freedom of the press in Central Hall, Westminster, London, 24th April 1942.

Michael Foot and Frank Owen

24 April 1942

Francoise Rosay 3

1944

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Passing more time". Image shows two elderly ladies chatting at tea time. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947). pp. 51.

Passing more time

1936

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton. A choirboy having his hair combed by a fellow chorister in the dressing room at a School of English Church Music's summer school in Durham. Picture Post stamp and editorial commentary on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947). pp. 55.

Choir boys

9 September 1944

Vintage silver gelatin print. Self-portrait of Kurt Hutton with camera. Published on the cover of Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London: Focal Press, 1947).

Kurt Hutton self-portrait

circa 1947

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, showing President Lesley Frederick Church at the 1944 Methodist Conference. Picture Post stamp and editorial markup on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 81..

Lesley Frederick Church at the 1944 Methodist Conference

1944

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, showing performing circus elephants. Picture Post and photographer's stamp, and editorial markup on verso.

Circus elephants

11 January 1947

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton. Image of actress Jean Simmons (1929-2010) is fitted for a dress. Photographer's stamp on verso.

Jean Simmons

29 December 1945

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Buskers". Image shows Kentucky minstrels, the Boho Brothers (left and right) and their co-performer Borderline (centre) busk for their living in the streets of London. Photographer's stamp on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 85.

Buskers

3 December 1938

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Silver Lady No. 2". Image shows a "down-and-out" man holding a cup and waiting for the "Silver Lady", a woman who drives a van and brings coffee and sandwiches to homeless people around midnight at Admiralty Arch, Trafalgar Square, London. Typed editorial notes and other markup on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 37.

Silver Lady No. 2

1938

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Pamela". Typed editorial notes and other markup on verso. Published in Hutton's book "Speaking Likeness" (London and New York: Focal Press, 1947), p. 66.

Pamela

1944

Vintage silver gelatin print by Kurt Hutton, titled "Domino Game". Image shows an elderly man and woman playing dominoes in an outdoor seating area - possibly in a beer garden. Picture Post stamp and editorial markup on verso.

Domino Game

circa 1940s

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