Object number1987.53.16

Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Sir John's Hill in Background (where Dylan Thomas Lived)

Date1953

Artist Rosalie Thorne McKenna (American, 1918-2003)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 7/16 x 9 5/8 in. (16.4 x 24.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 x 10 in. (20.2 x 25.4 cm)
Matted: 22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedOn verso, by artist, center in ink: Laugharne, Carmarthenshire Wales 1953 / Sir John's Hill in Background / L. / (where Dylan Thomas lived); by unidentified hand, lower right corner in pencil: 87.53.16

MarkingsOn printed label, on verso center: © Rollie McKenna / 1 Hancox Street / Stonington, CT 06378 / (203) 535-0110/2126

BibliographyBill Read, The Days of Dylan Thomas A Pictorial Biography (McGraw-Hill, 1964), 18-19. ProvenanceGift of the artist
DescriptionShoreline with two small figures with boat (?) approaching the water while another boat sits at the water’s edge close by

Terms

Carmarthenshire

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