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Britain’s biggest anti-Vietnam war demonstration ended in London with an estimated 300 arrests

HURN David
Britain’s biggest anti-Vietnam war demonstration ended in London with an estimated 300 arrests
Image: © David Hurn/Magnum/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 56516

Creation/Production

HURN David
Date: 1968 –

Acquisition

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

Measurements

(): h(cm)
(): h(cm) image size:45.7
(): h(cm) paper size:55.9
(): w(cm)
(): w(cm) image size:30
(): w(cm) paper size:43.2

Techniques

Digital Pigment Print

Material

Archival paper

Location

In store

Categories

Celf Gain | Fine Art Ffotograff | Photograph Gweithiau ar bapur | Works on paper Anaf | Injury CADP content Ymgyrchu a Phrotest | Campaigning and Protest Yr Heddlu | Police
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