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Grace Robertson

1930 – 2021

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6 artworks by Grace Robertson
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Biography

Grace Robertson (13 July 1930 – 11 January 2021) was a British photographer who worked as a photojournalist, and published in Picture Post and Life. Her photographic series, including "Mother's Day Off" (1954) and "Childbirth" (1955), mainly recorded ordinary women in postwar Britain.

Robertson's work is held in the collections of the National Galleries of Scotland, Science Museum Group, Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum.

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The Art Lover

Grace Robertson
1952
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Petticoat Lane, London

Grace Robertson
1948, later print
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A Private Moment, Battersea, London

Grace Robertson
1945, later print

At the End of the Day, Women’s Pub Outing, London

Grace Robertson
1956
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Early Morning, The Start of the Day for a London Women’s Pub Outing

Grace Robertson
1954, later print
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Petticoat Lane, London

Grace Robertson
1948, later print
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Mother’s Day Off

Grace Robertson
1954
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