Item #CL191-101 Fixing Grease Caps On The Cable Heads Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge. E O. Hoppé, British.
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Fixing Grease Caps On The Cable Heads Of The Sydney Harbour Bridge

1930. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, annotated in ink by Hoppé or his assistant with several stamps including photographer’s copyright and “Dorien Leigh Ltd” agency stamps verso, 24.7 x 18cm. Minor chips to edges.

Annotation reads “Tightening cables of suspension bridge.” Copyright stamp includes Hoppé’s home and studio address of ‘Millais House’, 7 Cromwell Place, South Kensington, London, which was previously the home of Sir John Everett Millais and later Francis Bacon. In 1937 Hoppé used his archive of photographs to establish the Dorien Leigh Photographic Agency. Ref: Graham Howe, Curatorial Assistance, LA, US.

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Item #CL191-101

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