Thatching an English Cottage, between 1945 and 1947

  • Harry Shaw, American, 1940-1960

Bromide print from paper negative

  • Image: 10 × 12 7/8 inches (25.4 × 32.7 cm)

Gift of an anonymous donor

F72.234

Signed, in pencil, on mat, lower right: Harry B. Shaw

Inscribed, in pencil, on mat, lower left: Thatching; affixed label, in black type, lower right: THATCHING AN ENGLISH COTTAGE | Bromide print from paper negative | by | Harry B. Shaw Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, upper center, verso: Bromide print from | paper negative | 3rd [undicipherable] Camera Guild Inscribed, on affixed label, upper left, verso: EXHIBITED | 5TH | ANNUAL | SALON | 1947 | NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY | Washington D. C. Inscribed, on affixed label, upper center, verso: EXHIBITED BY | Goodyear - Akron | Photographic | Society Inscribed, on affixed label, upper right, verso: EXHIBITED | Geneva Camera Club | GENEVA, NEW YORK | ON | SENECA | Queen of the Finger Lakes Inscribed, on affixed label, cnter, verso: EXHIBITED | AT | AKRON | OHIO | U.S.A. | THE | BUCKEYE | CAMERA | GUILD Inscribed, on affixed label, right center, verso: EXHIBITED AT | SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | ORGANIZED., A.D. 1846. | THE / SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | Washington, D. C. | MONTH OF | [May, 1948 (in pencil)] Inscribed, on affixed label, left center, verso: EXHIBITED | Bennington | Camera | Club | BENNINGTON VT. Inscribed, on affixed label, lower center right, verso: EXHIBITED | AT OUR | GALLERY | THE | CLEVELAND PHOTOGRAPHIC | SOCIETY | CLEVELAND OHIO Inscribed, on affixed label, left center, verso: Camera Guild | OF CLEVELAND Inscribed, on affixed label, lower left, verso: EXHIBITED BY THE | AKRON | CAMERA | CLUB | AKRON, OHIO. Inscribed, on affixed label, lower right, verso: Exhibited | BURLINGTON | CAMERA CLUB | VERMONT

1972-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Harry Shaw, Thatching an English Cottage, between 1945 and 1947, bromide print from paper negative. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of an anonymous donor, F72.234.