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NICK HEDGES: Painted Ladies Lebanon and SudanIn the early 20th century the picture postcard provided an immediate and direct form of cheap communication rather like text messaging today. Made by anonymous photographers and hand coloured by thousands of unknown women working in their studios, hand tinted cards became one of the most popular of art forms. This extraordinary collection encompasses cards from throughout the world including Africa and the Middle East, many raising issues of

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