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PHILIP HENRY DELAMOTTE (1821-89)

'Guy Fawkes'

1853

Salted paper print | 15.1 x 20.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2932749

Photograph of a group of eight men, women and children standing around a bonfire with an effigy of Guy Fawkes on the top. Some of the men and boys hold pitch forks as they stoke the fire. A light-coloured dog stands in the foreground. There are a number of trees in the background.

  • Creator(s)

    Philip Henry Delamotte (1821-89) (photographer)

  • 15.1 x 20.3 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Chemistry
        • Fires
          • Bonfires
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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