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Call Number:

PH-00076

Collection Name:

E. O. (Emil Otto) Hoppé Photography Collection

Creator:

Hoppé, E. O. (Emil Otto), 1878-1972 (1878 - 1972)

No. of Items:

15 items

Span Dates:

1900s-1950s

Description:

The collection consists of 15 photographs, including portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, and abstractions, by E. O. (Emil Otto) Hoppé (British, 1878-1972). Print information follows.

964:3400:0001 -- G. Bernard Shaw, 1931. Gelatin silver print*;
964:3400:0002 -- Alice Maynell, 1908. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0003 -- Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1919. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0004 -- Emir’s bodyguard, 1937. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0005 -- Human Document, 1927. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0006 -- Market at Djokakarta, [Java], 1931. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0007 -- Meditation on a Triangle [aka, Ambush], 1933. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0008 -- Ambush, 1933. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0009 -- At Spitz in the Wachau, Upper Austria, undated. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0010 -- The Great North Road: Sensation caused by a Night Drive, 1937. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0011 -- Richmond Park, 1937. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0012 -- Wild Plant in Austria, undated. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0013 -- Ship in Dry Dock, circa 1937. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0014 -- Flower Buds of Onions, 1949. Gelatin silver print;
964:3400:0015 -- Headhunter, 1931. Gelatin silver print.

*NB. Photo recto is inscribed by Shaw as follows: “This expression is as rare as eclipses of the sun. It has been caught only twice in 75 years. G. Bernard Shaw 7/11/31”]

Accession No(s):

964:3400:0001-0015

Location(s):

H Box, Medium (964:3400:0014)
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H Box, Large (964:3400:0001, 0008)
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See Also:

Hugo van Wadenoyen Photography Collection: Hugo van Wadenoyen Photography Collection (PH-01898)

Literary Files - K (Knopf, Alfred A.)

15 mounted photographs in Studies from the Russian Ballet, by E. O. HoppŽ and Bert. London, Fine Art Society. 1913. f GV 1787 H6 HRC-P

Literary Files Album - S (Shaw, George Bernard)