London
1936
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 30 × 23 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Julia J. Norrell)
Accession Number
2015.19.5118
Art Historical Context
Edith Tudor-Hart'sLondon* (1936) is a poignant gelatin silver print measuring 30 × 23 cm, offering a window into the bustling streets of the British capital during the interwar years. Captured amid the economic hardships of the Great Depression and the shadow of rising political tensions in Europe, this photograph reflects the era's social documentary spirit, a genre Tudor-Hart championed after emigrating from Austria to Britain in the early 1930s. As a modernist photographer with ties to progressive circles, Tudor-Hart used her camera to document urban life with empathy and acuity. The gelat...