Photograph of spring bulbs at the Ruhleben Horticultural Society’s Small Exhibition, Ruhleben internment camp, Germany
Information
Title
Photograph of spring bulbs at the Ruhleben Horticultural Society’s Small Exhibition, Ruhleben internment camp, Germany
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Ruh/2/1/86
Author or creator
Maker unidentified as at Apr 2014
Date
Jan 1918
Scope & content
Black and white photograph of a two-tier display stand bearing pots of spring bulbs, mainly hyacinths, on backdrop a quote, ‘I praise the tender flower/That on a mournful day/Bloomed in my garden bower/And made the winter gay/Robert Bridges’. Dimensions 23.2 (w) x 16.7 (h) cm. Printed inscription on recto, ‘[Ru]hleben Horticultural Society – Small Exhibition. 30th Jan 1918’, numbered G.1818, manuscript and stamped inscription on verso, ‘From Ruhleben Horticultural Society, Howat 5/13’, addressed to the RHS at Vincent Square
Level
Item
Extent
1 photographic print
Physical description
23.2 (w) x 16.7 (h) cm. Silver gelatin. Photographic print. Black and white
Is part of
RHS archive: Ruhleben Horticultural Society archive