- This 12x8 Canvas Print features an image chosen by Mary Evans. Estimated image size 305x203mm.
- White Sides Photo printed on archival quality canvas. Laminated. Canvas print stretched and hand mounted over thick 1 3/8 inch wooden bars. No frame, Gallery art appearance. Ready to hang
- Image Description: Opium Poppy Pickers. The pickers have faces covered to prevent too much ingestion of the crop! The name of the city of Afyon is derivated from Opium. Only the milk of opium is dangerous because it has a base of Morphine. Cultivation of opium poppies for food, anesthesia, and ritual purposes dates back to at least the Neolithic. The Sumerian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Minoan, Greek, Roman, and Persian Empires each made widespread use of opium,
- For any queries regarding this item please contact Mary Evans c/o Media Storehouse quoting Media Reference 4449701
- © Mary Evans/Grenville Collins Postcard Collection