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Creator:
Bill Brandt, 1904–1983
Title:

Neglected Beauty, the Great Arch of St. Pancras

Date:
1944
Medium:
Gelatin silver print on photographic paper
Dimensions:
Image: 8 1/8 × 7 inches (20.6 × 17.8 cm), Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 5/8 inches (23.5 × 19.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on recto, blue and black ink: "NEGLECTED BEAUTY: THE GREAT ARCH OF | St. Pancras"; inscribed on verso center, blue crayon: "Will you | li--- --- | ---"; lower left in graphite: "330 | PN 3037".

Stamped on verso upper right in blue ink: "579"; on verso center in purple ink: "BILL BRANDT | 58, HILLFIELD COURT, | BELSIZE AVENUE, | LONDON, N.W.3"; on verso lower right in pink ink: "MINISTRY OF | INFORMATION | 2-NOV1944 | UNOFFICIALLY APPROVED (?)".

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Courtesy of Marlborough Gallery, New York
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B2021.4
Classification:
Photographs
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | military art | railroad station | train (vehicle grouping) | World War 1939-1945
Associated Places:
London | Saint Pancras | Saint Pancras Station (railroad station)
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83215
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