Southern Aristocrat

Southern Aristocrat

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

Southern Aristocrat

Classic Pictures of a Classic Author


1947
Gelatin silver print, printed July 1962
Image: 9 9/16 × 6 5/16 in. (24.3 × 16.1 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0314
Inscriptions Typed on applied label on verso, BC: (Faulkner) 7/62 25) SOUTHERN ARISTOCRAT: William Faulkner lived in \ Oxford, Mississippi in a Civil War mansion which he bought in \ 1930 with his wife "Miss Estelle". His only luxuries were \ several horses and a comfortable supply of bourbon which he \ deemed essential to his writing. \ Credit: Henri Cartier-Bresson © 1947 MAGNUM Photos

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