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R Palmer (active 1952)

British News Pictures of the Year 1949 1949

Gelatin silver print | 30.8 x 36.5 x 2.3 cm (album) | RCIN 2081624

Description

Blue leather album with gilt tooling, including the GVIR cypher under a crown on cover, containing 11 photographs (RCINs 2081625-2081635), selected amongst the hundred best British News Pictures of the Year 1949, exhibited at the Royal Photographic Society in January 1950. Every page contains the photograph's title and the photographer's signature.

Provenance

Presented to King George VI by the President of the Royal Photographic Society
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection R Palmer (active 1952)
(photographer)

Search the collection Edward Wing (active 1949-60)
(photographer)

Search the collection W Lockeyear (active 1949)
(photographer)

Search the collection Bishop Henry Vincent Marshall (1884-1955)
(photographer)

Search the collection Robert Rider-Rider (active 1949)
(photographer)

Search the collection Eric W Hale (active 1949)
(photographer)

Search the collection Norman Midgley (active 1949)
(photographer)

Search the collection L.C. Priest (1905-1986)
(photographer)

Search the collection RH Turner (active 1949)
(photographer)

Search the collection RW Fortune (active 1949)
(photographer)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection View the person page King George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952)

Subject(s)

Search the collection View the person page King George VI, King of the United Kingdom (1895-1952)

Search the collection View the person page Queen Mary of the United Kingdom (1867-1953)

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Search the collection View the person page Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021)

Search the collection Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002)

Search the collection View the person page HM King Charles III, King of the United Kingdom (b. 1948)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Gelatin silver print

gelatin silver print

Measurements

30.8 x 36.5 x 2.3 cm (album)
Groupings
Category
Photographs
Object type(s)
visual works
albums
Subject(s)
Science, Medicine and Technology
Engineering & Technology
Vehicles
Simple transport
Pram
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Town planning, landscapes and gardens
Cemeteries

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