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 21–40 of 143 objects

Black and white photograph of a factory and cranes behind a row of leafless trees

Black and white photograph of a ship

Black and white photograph of a canal and towpath with factories in the background and a heap of debris on an island in the middle of the canal

Black and white photograph of metal funnels, possibly in a shipyard

Black and white photograph of docks with a factory in the background

Black and white photograph of smokestacks and part of an industrial complex, possibly a factory or processing plant

Black and white photograph of a man working on a piece of industrial machinery

Black and white photograph of a raised ramp next to a river

Black and white photograph of a canal and gas works

Black and white photograph of an industrial scene, possibly a mine or quarry

Black and white photograph of an industrial scene, possibly a mine or quarry

Black and white photograph of a building site

Black and white photograph of boats on a river with houses in the background

Black and white photograph of a wall surrounding an industrial site, possibly a factory

Black and white photograph of a wall surrounding an industrial site, possibly a factory

Black and white photograph of cranes by a dock or canal

Black and white photograph of a barge and cranes by a dock or canal

Black and white photograph of cranes

Black and white photograph of cranes by a dock or canal

Black and white photograph of a coal mine or quarry

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