Title from caption on object: “London Burns after Worst Raid”
April 16, 1941
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Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20 × 15.5 cm (7 7/8 × 6 1/8 in.)
sheet: 21.5 × 16.7 cm (8 7/16 × 6 9/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.328
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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Inscriptions
on verso, upper center stamped in blue ink inverted: DETROIT TIMES; center International News Photos copyright stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, center in black ink on applied paper perpendicular: WW2 [circled] WW [underlined]; center printed in purple ink on applied paper perpendicular: KY / 929794...WATCH YOUR CREDIT...INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO / SLUG (LONDON BURNS) / LONDON BURNS AFTER WORST RAID [underlined in black ink] [by unknown hand in black ink: S] / LONDON, ENG...FLAMES LIGHT UP THE NIGHT SKY AND CLOUDS OF / SMOKE RISE OVER BOMB WRECKAGE AFTER A RAID, APRIL 16, / BY THE GERMAN LUFTWAFFE, DESCRIBED AS THE WORST OF THE / ENTIRE WAR TO BE SUFFERED BY LONDON. GERMANS ANNOUNCED / IT WAS A REPRISAL RAID FOR R.A.F. RAIDS ON BERLIN. / G-4-29-41-12/28; by unknown hand, center in black ink on applied paper perpendicular: GB; lower center in orange pencil perpendicular: Gt Brit [circled] / & war