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Yvonne Fox

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Yvonne Fox. Photo shot: Fishguard Bay Hotel, 28th September 1997. Place and date of birth: St David's Pembrokehsire 1954. Main occupation: Warden to the elderly. First language: English. Other languages: Welsh. Lived in Wales: Always.

Born in Fishguard in 1954, Yvonne Fox has recounted the tale of Jemima Nichols - the Welsh-woman who, traditionally, fought off the last invaders of the British Isles, French soldiers, with a pitchfork in 1791 - for the local tourist board for many years.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 56274

Creation/Production

HURN, David
Date: 1997

Acquisition

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

Measurements

(): h(cm) image size:33
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) image size:33.1
(): w(cm)
(): h(cm) paper size:55.9
(): w(cm) paper size:43.2

Techniques

Digital Pigment Print

Material

Paper

Location

In store
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  • Fashion And Costume
  • Fine Art
  • History
  • Hurn David
  • Named Portrait
  • People
  • Photograph
  • Welsh Costume
  • Welsh Historical Event
  • Woman
  • Works On Paper

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