ORIGINAL VINTAGE BLACK & WHITE EXHIBITION PHOTOGRAPH BY CHESTER-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER COLIN PINCHES (C.J. PINCHES).
A BEAUTIFULLY COMPOSED LANDSCAPE TITLED "ESTUARY VIEW – THURSTASTON", SHOWING TWO FIGURES RESTING ON THE DISTINCTIVE SANDSTONE OUTCROPS OF THURSTASTON HILL WHILE LOOKING ACROSS THE DEE ESTUARY TOWARDS NORTH WALES. THIS CLASSIC WIRRAL VIEW IS ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN PANORAMAS IN THE REGION AND HAS STRONG APPEAL TO COLLECTORS OF LOCAL HISTORY, LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY AND BRITISH EXHIBITION PRINTS.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS EXHIBITED AT THE 1997 SHELL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ANNUAL EXHIBITION, AS CONFIRMED BY THE ORIGINAL EXHIBITION LABELS ON THE REVERSE. THE SHELL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY WAS A LONG-ESTABLISHED BRITISH CAMERA CLUB FOUNDED IN 1947 FOR EMPLOYEES OF SHELL'S STANLOW REFINERY AND THORNTON RESEARCH CENTRE IN CHESHIRE. THE SOCIETY LATER BECAME WHITBY CLUB PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY BEFORE ADOPTING ITS CURRENT NAME, ELLESMERE PORT PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.
THE REVERSE RETAINS THE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN EXHIBITION LABEL, PHOTOGRAPHER'S ADDRESS LABEL AND THE ORIGINAL 1997 ANNUAL EXHIBITION STICKER, PROVIDING EXCELLENT PROVENANCE.
MOUNT SIZE:
37 x 28 CM (14.6 x 11 IN)
THE PHOTOGRAPH REMAINS IN VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION WITH STRONG CONTRAST AND EXCELLENT TONAL RANGE. THE BLACK EXHIBITION MOUNT HAS LIGHT SURFACE SCUFFS, A FEW SMALL MARKS, MINOR EDGE AND CORNER WEAR, AND A SMALL KNOCK TO THE UPPER LEFT CORNER. THE REVERSE SHOWS LIGHT AGEING, EXHIBITION LABELS AND OLD MOUNTING TABS. PLEASE STUDY ALL PHOTOGRAPHS CAREFULLY AS THEY FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.
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