Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bill Brandt, 1904–1983, British
Title:
Crowded Improvised Air Raid Shelter in Liverpool Street Tube Tunnel
Date:
1940
Materials & Techniques:
Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, gloss photographic paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, white card
Dimensions:
Mount: 20 x 15 15/16 inches (50.8 x 40.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left on back: "PH" (encircled); inscribed in graphite, lower left to lower right on back: "BRANDT / CRowed [sic] Improvised Air-Raid Shelter in LIVerpool Tube Tunnel / p 52 SL"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B2004.8.2
Classification:
Photographs
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sleeping | bodies | architectural subject | advertisements | historical subject | cityscape | genre subject | bombs | bottle | clock | tunnel | blankets | crowding | night | children | steel | shelter | subway | trains | iron | platform | wall | war
Associated Places:
Europe | United Kingdom | England | City of London | London | Greater London
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:54387