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1. Godwin Photo 6/2(102)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 6/2(102)
Title:
Barbican Exhibition Print: Still room, Macallans Distillery, Speyside, 1980. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Square format print of a man putting all his body weight into closing the man-door to a large copper still (partially in shadow); steam escapes from the opening. To the right, is a large window showing part of the exterior of the distillery. Mounted on card 505 x 4...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1980
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1000/52(4909)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/52(4909)
Title:
Dyers at work, Western India. Photographer: Narayen, Shivashanker
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group of dyers posed beside vats. This is probably the photograph shown at the Vienna Exhibition of 1873, and described in the catalogue as follows: 'The vats are of clay, and built in as shown in the picture. The furnace goes right under the vat, the fuel used...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1873
Extent:
1 item