Artist
Captain Alfred G. Buckham, RN(British, 1879–1956)British, 1879–1956
CultureBritish
Titles
- Full Speed Ahead
- A Summer Storm
- Battleship in the North Sea
Date1918
MediumGelatin silver print with chalk
DimensionsImage: 17 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (45.1 × 37.5 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (45.1 × 37.5 cm)
Mount: 25 × 20 in. (63.5 × 50.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 30 7/8 × 24 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (78.5 × 63.2 × 4.4 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (45.1 × 37.5 cm)
Mount: 25 × 20 in. (63.5 × 50.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 30 7/8 × 24 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (78.5 × 63.2 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Randolph F. Allen, Pedro Frommer, Steve Gibson, Wilson Griffith, Craig Massey, Arthur Seeligson III, Abbott Sprague, Henry J. N. Taub II, and John Wombwell in honor of James C. Flores, "The Houston Storm," at "One Great Night in November, 2010"
Object number2011.245
Non exposé
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Exhibition HistoryCambridge University
"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
In pencil on reverse backboard (since removed): "Battleship / In the North Sea"
Other scattered notations in pencil.
Other scattered notations in pencil.
Signed in pencil on mount: "Alfred G. Buckham Capt: / lab (?) R.A.F. C. (?)"
Printed in lower left: "Full speed ahead"
Photographer's copyright and Cambridge University exhibition stamp on reverse. (Unable to view - mat is taped together)
Photographer's copyright and Cambridge University exhibition stamp on reverse. (Unable to view - mat is taped together)
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