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41. Godwin Photo 3(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 3(25)
Title:
Arthur Koestler [1978]. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Godwin's signature on mount. Handwritten in pencil on verso: Arthur Koestler/ 4014-4-18 Genre: Portrait Photography Koestler sits at an angle behind a chess table, which also has his glasses and an ashtray on top. In the background are several books in cases and piled up on tables...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1978
Extent:
1 item

42. Godwin Photo 3(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 3(26)
Title:
Arthur Koestler [1978]. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Godwin's signature on mount. Handwritten in pencil on verso: Arthur Koestler/ 4014-4-18 Genre: Portrait Photography Koestler sits at an angle behind a chess table, which also has his glasses and an ashtray on top. In the background are several books in cases and piled up on tables...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1978
Extent:
1 item

43. Godwin Photo 3(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 3(33)
Title:
Robert Lowell [1971]. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Godwin's signature on mount. Handwritten in pencil on verso: Robert Lowell/ 894-1-22a Genre: Portrait Photography Robert Lowell lies along a couch resting his head on his right hand whilst looking at the camera. In front of him is a chess table with a box of chess pieces on the fl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1971
Extent:
1 item

44. Godwin Photo 3(34)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 3(34)
Title:
Robert Lowell c. 1972. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Godwin's signature on mount. Handwritten in pencil on verso: AS236/ £45/ Robert Lowell c. 1972/ 894-1-22a Genre: Portrait Photography Robert Lowell lies along a couch resting his head on his right hand whilst looking at the camera. In front of him is a chess table with a box of ch...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1971
Extent:
1 item

45. Godwin Photo 6/2(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 6/2(2)
Title:
Barbican Exhibition Print: Robert Lowell, 1971. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Robert Lowell reclines on a couch resting his head on his right hand, looking at the camera. In front of him is a chess table with a box of chess pieces on the floor. Mounted on card 303 x 405 mm, inscribed '002/ 894-29a' and '48'. Exhibited in Barbican Gallery, Room...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1972
Extent:
1 item

46. Godwin Photo 6/2(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 6/2(26)
Title:
Barbican Exhibition Print: Salman Rushdie, 1986. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Rushdie is in three quarter profile; the left side of his face being lit by sunlight. Behind him, there is a chess board on top of a chest of drawers and a hand-held Indian fan that is fixed to the wall. Mounted on card 405 x 303 mm, inscribed '026/ 6654.27' and '10'...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1986
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 28/2(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(37)
Title:
Mahomedans [playing chess], Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Shepherd & Robertson: 1109' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Portrait group of five figures gathered round a chess board. No.1109 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue. Subjects = chess; recreations
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 1224/2(104)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/2(104)
Title:
Mahomedans [Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Shepherd & Robertson, Photo: 1109 in the negative. Full-length studio portrait of a group of men wearing Islamic dress and playing chess.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

49. Talbot Photo 2(260)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(260)
Title:
[The Chess Players.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '00006'. Genre: Portrait Photography One of three copies (prints 260-262) of this subject, showing two men seated at a table over a game of chess. The figure on the left, looking towards the camera, has been identified as the French photographer Antoi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1845
Extent:
1 item

50. Talbot Photo 2(261)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 2(261)
Title:
[The Chess Players.] Photographer: Claudet, Antoine François Jean
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography One of three copies (prints 260-262) of this subject, showing two men seated at a table over a game of chess. The figure on the left, looking towards the camera, has been identified as the French photographer Antoine Claudet; his top-hatted opponent, who remains unid...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1845
Extent:
1 item