Lot 18: PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS (1936-2008)

PHILIP JONES GRIFFITHS (1936-2008)
Outside Pentonville Prison, London, 1958
gelatin silver print
copyright limitation stamp and photographer's credit stamp (verso)
10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm.)

Hall (editor), Photography Year Book 1960, Photography Magazine Ltd, pp. 24-25.

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There had been a hanging that morning in Pentonville prison in North London. A group gathered outside the still-unopened pub opposite the main gate. The executed man had lived nearby and these were some of his friends.