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Exeter and West of England Photographic Exhibition (exhibition, Exeter, Devon, England, 14 February 1922)

Type of event
exhibition
Full title
Exeter and West of England Photographic Exhibition
Date
14 February 1922
Continuity
ongoing event
Organisations linked to event

Exeter Camera Club – organiser

Reference
The Western Times (15 February 1922), p. 3 col. 4

“The Exeter and West of England Photographic Exhibition, held under the auspices of the Exeter Camera Club at the Barnfield Hall, and formally opened yesterday afternoon by the Mayor [...] is a wonderful feast for all interested in the art of photography[...] The international open classes, embracing some three hundred prints and lantern slides, far surpasses in point of interest anything of the kind previously seen in the West.. [...] In all about six hundred prints and lantern slides are on exhibition. [...]

[...] The awards in the class for lantern slides in colour were made as follows: -- Silver medal, 'Silver Birches,' Mr W. Scrutton, Leeds; bronze medal, 'The Parrot,' Mr Ronald Rigby, St Annes-on-Sea; certificates, 'Blossom,' Mr Scrutton, and 'Roses,' Mr Rigby. The best exhibits in the class for lantern slides in monochrome were: Bronze medal, 'In Tunis,' Rev. H.O. Fenton, Dunedin, N.Z.; certificates, 'A Shy Boy,' Mr H.T. Parrish, Handsworth, and 'Jay at REst,' Mr T.M. Fowler, Barnsley. [...]”

Lucerna ID 7006525

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 14 March 2018

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