Thurston Hopkins
A young child wearing an Indian headdress hides in a coal hole as he takes aim under the watchful eye of a friend.
Artist
Thurston HopkinsBritish, 1913–2014
CultureEnglish
Titles
- A young child wearing an Indian headdress hides in a coal hole as he takes aim under the watchful eye of a friend.
- from Children of the Streets
DateAugust 1954, printed 1999
Place , England
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/2 × 8 15/16 in. (34.3 × 22.7 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 11 15/16 in. (40.6 × 30.3 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 11 15/16 in. (40.6 × 30.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 1999
Object number99.495
Not on view
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Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Remembering John Cleary," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, January 13, 2009 - May 10, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, center: " From the Story 'Children of the Pavements' / published in 'Picture Post' 1954".
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, center: "Thurston Hopkins 1999".
verso center a stamp " Photograph / by / Thurston Hopkins "
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