Fire in Oxford Street
1897
Artist, British, 1856 - 1930
Printer, British, 1864 - 1946
George Davison
Artwork overview
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Medium
photogravure
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 5.5 × 8.1 cm (2 3/16 × 3 3/16 in.)
sheet: 23 × 15.2 cm (9 1/16 × 6 in.) -
Accession Number
2025.15.15
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Volume Title
Kodak Portfolio - Souvenir of the Eastman Photographic Exhibition 1897, a Collection of Kodak Film Pictures by Eminent Photographers
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Ebay.com); Mark Katzman, St. Louis, MO, 2013; gift to NGA, 2025.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left below image printed in black ink: Kodaked by George Davison.; lower right: Photogravure by Annan, Glasgow.; upper right printed in black ink on front cover: No. 11; center: FIRE IN OXFORD STREET / BY / MR. GEORGE DAVISON / THIS photograph is the result of a snap- / shot from a second storey window, the / camera being held out at arm's length to / secure the animated street scene. / The camera used was the new Folding / Pocket Kodak, which gives a picture, the / proportions of which fall in very happily / with many subjects.