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 61–80 of 143 objects

Black and white photograph of a person standing by a barrel

Black and white photograph of the side of a curved tank, possibly an oil tanker or similar

Black and white photograph of a flat bed lorry loaded with wooden crates and cranes in the background

Black and white photograph of a flat bed lorry loaded with boxes and parcels with cranes in the background

Black and white photograph of corrugated iron hoardings

Black and white photograph of warehouses and cranes

Black and white photograph of a brick wall with the tops of factory chimneys visible in the background, taken at or near Bagleys Lane

Black and white photograph of a factory and large fan taken at or near Bagleys Lane

Black and white photograph of metal pipes taken at or near Bagleys Lane

Black and white photograph of a factory at or near Bagleys Lane

Black and white photograph of an empty patch of land with a cooling tower and industrial site in the background

Black and white photograph of dogs in the street with chimneys belonging to a factory or similar in the background

Black and white photograph of Esso petrol pumps

Black and white photograph of rocks with steep hills in the background

Black and white photograph of rocks

Black and white photograph of a steep hill

Black and white photograph of barbed wire and roofs

Black and white photograph of part of a sign painted on a fence

Black and white photograph of a large grab crane at Corby

Black and white photograph of a large grab crane at Corby lifting a boulder

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