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[Rumer Godden, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] – Historic Photo Reproduction

[Rumer Godden, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1963 — historic photograph
[Rumer Godden, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], 1963. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Rumer Godden, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Rumer Godden, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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Rumer Godden, the British novelist, appears in this head-and-shoulders portrait turned to the left, taken in 1963. Born in England in 1907, she became known for novels set partly in India, where she spent parts of her childhood, and *Black Narcissus* was adapted into a 1947 film. The print comes from the New York World-Telegram and the Sun newspaper collection, which holds the photographs its staff gathered for daily reporting. The image offers a plain, direct view of a writer whose work drew so heavily on her experience of India.

Created / published1963
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1960-1970.Photographic prints 1960-1970.
NotesNew York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.
SubjectsGodden, Rumer,--1907-1998.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,257 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-190908

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