Image of Candidature of George Orwell (1903-1950) to work in the Burma

Candidature of George Orwell (1903-1950) to work in the Burma police in 1922. He worked...

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Image title: Candidature of George Orwell (1903-1950) to work in the Burma police in 1922. He worked in the Burma police between 1922 and 1927. His experiences inspired his first novel “Burmese Days (A Burmese Story)”, published in 1934. His real name can be read Eric Arthur Blair
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: etching
Date: 1922 AD (C20th AD)

Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 20th century / England / United Kingdom / Europe / 1920s / art / Asia / colour / official document / writer / literature / Myanmar / South East Asia / police / black and white / Orwell George (1903-50)

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	Dimension [pixels]	Dimension in 300dpi [mm]	File size [MB]
Large	1942 × 3252 px	164 × 275 mm	3.1 MB
Medium	612 × 1024 px	52 × 87 mm	1.0 MB

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