![[Lying in state, Gandhi's body is covered by the flag of the new India]](/internal/media/dispatcher/112050/preview)
[Lying in state, Gandhi's body is covered by the flag of the new India]
Artist
Margaret Bourke-White
(American, 1904–1971)
Date1948 (negative), ca. 1965 (print)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 25 1/2 × 19 inches (64.8 × 48.3 cm);
Mat: 34 × 26 5/8 inches (86.4 × 67.6 cm)
Mat: 34 × 26 5/8 inches (86.4 × 67.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineGift of the artist, Class of 1927, and LIFE Magazine
Terms
- Photographs
- Gelatin silver prints
Object number65.615
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