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'Jar', Raqqa, Syria, 11th-12th century, 'Head and Bust (fragment) of a man', Egypt, ca. 1980-1630 BCE, face later recarved, from the Charles Lang Freer Collection, by Alvin Langdon Coburn, photographic, 1909

'Jar', Raqqa, Syria, 11th-12th century, 'Head and Bust (fragment) of a man', Egypt, ca. 1980-1630 BCE, face later recarved, from the Charles Lang Freer Collection

Alvin Langdon Coburn

1909

photographic

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Early Modern

Dominant colour

'Jar', Raqqa, Syria, 11th-12th century, 'Head and Bust (fragment) of a man', Egypt, ca. 1980-1630 BCE, face later recarved, from the Charles Lang Freer Collection is a 1909 photographic by Alvin Langdon Coburn, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?
Alvin Langdon Coburn
When & what style?
1909
Where can I see it?
Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This photo shows two objects side by side. On the left is a clay jar with faded colors and a thick neck. To the right is a worn stone head and upper body, wrapped in cloth and missing its lower half. The stone piece looks ancient, while the jar seems older but not as broken down. The photo itself was taken in 1909 by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Next, check out Victoria and Albert Museum for more objects like these.

The story of this work

Overview

A photograph documents two objects from the Freer collection: an 11th–12th-century ceramic jar from Raqqa, Syria, and a fragmentary Egyptian limestone head and bust dated approximately 1980–1630 BCE, later recarved.

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About the artist

Artist

Alvin Langdon Coburn

Alvin Langdon Coburn kept a tiny camera in every coat pocket, snapping odd angles of London’s streets while pretending to window-shop.

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Same subject

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