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Tagore, Sir (Rabindranath, 1861-1941, Knight, Hindu poet)

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Tagore with Michael Ney, 1929-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011T/31
Scope and Contents 194 x 248 mm. Signed half length profile portrait in soft focus of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the Bengali poet, writer and artist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Seated on Tagore's lap is Michael Ney (c. 1925-1954), the son of Major Frederick Ney, founder of the Commonwealth Youth Movement. Michael Ney was killed in Kenya while acting as a police officer during the Mau Mau emergency. This photograph was taken during the Conference on Education held at...
Dates: 1929-04
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