Description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inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is copyright Paul Anderson obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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