Boys swimming naked at Newlyn, Cornwall, 1893. Process print by F. Frith & Co., 190-.

Date:
[between 1900 and 1909?]
Reference:
2046024i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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Boys swimming naked at Newlyn, Cornwall, 1893. Process print by F. Frith & Co., 190-. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Black and white photograph of a group of children playing naked on a small wooden boat by the shallow part of the docks.

Publication/Creation

Reigate : F. Frith & Co. Ltd., [between 1900 and 1909?]

Physical description

1 print : process print ; 8.8 x 13.7 cm

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Lettering

Newlyn, water babies Bears number: No. 31799

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Images of children playing naked were considered innocuous enough in the first half of the twentieth century to be reproduced for general sale, and in huge quantities."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2046024i

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