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[Srinagar]
Title
Srinagar, Kashmir 1948
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- 1948. (Creation)
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1 siver-gelatin print : b&w ; 255 x 203mm.
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This is the well known view by Cartier-Bresson of four Muslim women, two standing, two squatting on the slopes of Hari Parbat hill facing the sun rise behind the Himalayas. All have their backs to the camera, one appears to be praying.
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Previously stored in Llyfr ffoto 4293.
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Title has been written on reverse in top left corner with a an orange-red crayon. Also on the reverse are Henri Cartier-Bresson's rubber stamp (in blue) just below the centre of the print and 'Copyright The John Hilleson Agency Ltd 145 Fleet Street, London EC4' in dark blue ink, top right hand corner. Written in ink in the bottom left is '© Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum'.
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Title and date taken from original.
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vtls006160518
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales