Title from caption on object: “Shadow of a Monster”

1934, printed later

Robert Kenneth Wilson

Associated Names
Robert Kenneth Wilson

Artist, British, 1899 - 1969

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a black and white photograph of an object partially submerged in water with a long neck-like extension. The image has a grainy texture. The water is slightly rippled. The object is dark against the lighter water, creating contrast.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.4 × 25.9 cm (7 1/4 × 10 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 26.2 cm (8 × 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.611

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left stamped in black ink perpendicular: DATE USED / JUL 31 1987; by unknown hand, upper left in red ink perpendicular: 5; center printed in black ink on applied paper perpendicular: APN / SUNDAY / ILLUSTRATIONS / 50 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10020 / AP NEWSFEATURES PHOTO / PLEASE CREDIT / (For use Sun., Sept.22, with Marcus Eliason's / Drumnadrochit, Scotland story slugged Loch / Ness Monster.) / SHADOW OF A MONSTER; / This shadowy figure seen in this file photo / from 1961 is said to be a picture of the / Loch Ness monster [circled in red crayon] in Drumnadrochit, Scotland. / Some people around the Scottish lake believe / in the monster while others scoff at it, but / all know it as a tourist attraction.

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