The archives of Prunella Clough

1880–1990s

Available online are key items which reflect the working methods and career of Prunella Clough. These include photographs used as source material and notebooks in which Clough recorded scenes and impressions which she drew on in her artwork. There are also some photographs of Clough at different ages and early illustrated letters to her father, Eric Clough-Taylor. Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner: Prunella Clough 1919–1999
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented to Tate Archive by Anne Robin Banks, October 2004.
Reference: TGA 200511

196 objects in this collection

The archives of Prunella Clough

196 Objects

Title: Photographs taken by Prunella Clough as source material for artworks
Date: 1930–99
Description: This sub-series contains photographs taken by Clough as source material for artworks, including many early photographs of industrial sites and later photographs of London streets. The sub-series also contains postcards, including of Lowestoft, Walberswick, Southwold, and Great Yarmouth, which were also used as source material.
Reference: TGA 200511/4/3

196 objects in this collection

Showing 1–20 of 143 objects

Black and white photograph of a corrugated iron fence with a large building, possible a factory, behind it

Black and white photograph of a gas works

Black and white photograph of barrels

Black and white photograph of a pile of scrap metal

Black and white photograph of a pile of rubbish stacked against a mesh fence

Black and white photograph of a garage or similar with a factory in the background

Two black and white photographs of docks

Two black and white photographs of cranes and warehouses at a dock

Two black and white photographs of cranes and warehouses at a dock

Black and white photograph of two bottles of beer and a glass on a table in a garden

Black and white photograph of brick walls with a factory behind them

Black and white photograph of warehouses

Black and white photograph of boats in a harbour with a factory in the background

Black and white photograph of a gas works

Black and white photograph of cranes on a pier

Black and white photograph of the side of a factory or other industrial building

Black and white photograph of the sides of warehouse and a smoke stack

Black and white photograph of a building site or quarry

Black and white photograph of a steep hill behind a wooden fence

Black and white photograph of an abandoned piece of metal in a field with a factory in the background

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