Bill Brandt
A Sikh Family Sheltering in an Alcove Where Coffins Once Stood, in the Crypt of Christ Church, Spitalfields

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A Sikh Family Sheltering in an Alcove Where Coffins Once Stood, in the Crypt of Christ Church, Spitalfields
cropped recto of sheet
ArtistBritish, born Germany, 1904–1983
CultureBritish
Titles
  • A Sikh Family Sheltering in an Alcove Where Coffins Once Stood, in the Crypt of Christ Church, Spitalfields
DateNovember 1940
Place depictedLondon, England
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 7 13/16 in. (22.9 × 19.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey Hugh Newman
Object number2005.258
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceJeffrey Hugh Newman, West Orange, New Jersey; given to MFAH, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso sheet, bottom edge: ""E25", "2589"

Marked in ink on verso center: "59 / Christ land (?), Spitalfields

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