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British News Pictures of the Year 1950 1950
Gelatin silver prints | 31.5 x 37.0 x 6.5 cm (album) | RCIN 2081636

Stanley Devon (1907-95)
British News Pictures of the Year 1950 1950

Stanley Devon (1907-95)
British News Pictures of the Year 1950 1950

Stanley Devon (1907-95)
British News Pictures of the Year 1950 1950



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Red leather album with gilt tooling containing 41 photographs (RCINs 2081637-2081677) by 12 different photographers awarded in the 1950 competition 'British News Pictures of the Year', sponsored by the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
The album includes ten pictures by Stanley Devon, winner of the 'Portfolio Category', and twenty-one photographs depicting the 'Inchon Invasion' by Bert Hardy, winner of the 'Sequence Category'. The contents page contains the titles of the photographs and the photographers' signatures.Provenance
Presented to King George VI by the vice-chairman of Encyclopaedia Britannica Limited
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Medium and techniques
Gelatin silver prints
Measurements
31.5 x 37.0 x 6.5 cm (album)