id: 318394 accession number: 2018.907 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.907 updated: 2022-01-04 18:09:39.483000 England/Scotland: Untitled, 1960. Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Gelatin silver print; image: 24 x 16.1 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.); paper: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.907 title: Untitled title in original language: series: England/Scotland series in original language: creation date: 1960 creation date earliest: 1960 creation date latest: 1960 current location: creditline: Gift of an anonymous donor copyright: --- culture: America, 20th century technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - American 1951-Present type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933) - artist --- measurements: Image: 24 x 16.1 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.); Paper: 25.2 x 20.2 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil: "Bruce Davidson (signed)" translation: remark: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "65-43-8/9" translation: remark: inscription: 53701 translation: remark: inscription: Commercially imprinted throughout verso of paper: "Agfa" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: After a year photographing a tough Brooklyn street gang, in 1960 Davidson took a much less tense assignment, to photograph Britain through American eyes. digital description: Hired by the British lifestyle periodical The Queen to photograph Britain in 1960, Davidson spent three months traveling around the United Kingdom to shed light on the changes Britons were experiencing in the decades after World War II. He was democratic in his selection of subjects, shooting London’s poorest districts, rural culture, and mining operations in addition to England’s upper class. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES