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Up Helly Aa, festival which takes place in Lerwick in January every year. Scotland

HURN David

Full title: Up Helly Aa, festival which takes place in Lerwick in January every year. It is a tradition festival involving a series of marches and visitations, culminating in a torch-lit procession and the burning of a galley. Here the 'Guizer Jari' visits an inmate of the local hospital.

Up Helly Aa, festival which takes place in Lerwick in January every year. Scotland
Image: © David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 57161

Creation/Production

HURN David

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017
Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Measurements

h(cm) image size:28.8
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:43.1
w(cm)
h(cm) paper size:43.2
w(cm) paper size:55.8

Techniques

Digital Pigment Print

Material

Archival paper

Location

In store

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