MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE | LONDON AT NIGHT, A DRINKING FOUNTAIN AT THE JUNCTION OF HAMILTON TERRACE AND PARK LANE, 1939

MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE
1904-1971
LONDON AT NIGHT, A DRINKING FOUNTAIN AT THE JUNCTION OF HAMILTON TERRACE AND PARK LANE, 1939

Vintage ferrotyped silver print. Annotated in pencil in unknown hand with the photographer's and various stamps on the verso.
18 by 24 cm.; 7⅛by 9½in.

Condition Report:
This print is in good vintage condition. Strong contrasts.Glossy finish. Each corner bumped with a few creases and small loss of superior emulsion. As expected with ferrotyped print, few very fine scratch lines and indentation marks across print visible under raking light, as well as some linear creases, soft handling marks and handwriting marks from the verso visible under close inspection. A typed press caption affixed to the verso.

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Provenance:
Private Collection, U.K.