Photograph
Mercie Keer Lack, ARPS (1894 - 1985)
Category
Photographs
Date
1939
Materials
Paper
Measurements
120 x 166 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sutton Hoo, Suffolk
NT 1940311.5.11
Summary
A black and white photographic portrait print marked S.42. showing a man, seated, sketching the ground detail of the 1939 excavation of the ship burial. Specifically, the rib and riveted planking detail of the hull.
Provenance
A collection of photographs taken by Mercie Lack ARPS in 1939 at the ship burial excavation at Sutton Hoo. Given to the National Trust in 2011 by Andrew Lack the great-nephew of Mercie Lack, the photographer.
Makers and roles
Mercie Keer Lack, ARPS (1894 - 1985), photographer