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A Ghost Strayed from Old Greece
Bert Hardy, 1948
Reproduced by kind permission of Getty Images © Bert Hardy/Getty Images
This photograph was taken as part of a series depicting life in the heavily bombed Elephant and Castle district of London during the Second World War commissioned by the Picture Post magazine. The complete caption read 'A Ghost Strayed from Old Greece: Corinthian pillars in a Hogarthian slum. In the burnt out Metropolitan Tabernacle, Victorian preacher Spurgeon raised his warning voice on Thursdays and Sundays.'
More information
Title of artwork, date
A Ghost Strayed from Old Greece, 1948
Date supported
2004
Medium and material
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
24.8 x 16.1 cm
Grant
1600
Total cost
1600
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